Skin fragility-woolly hair-palmoplantar keratoderma syndrome explained
| Skin fragility-woolly hair-palmoplantar keratoderma |
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| Prevention: | none |
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| Frequency: | very rare, only 2 cases have been described in medical literature |
| Deaths: | - |
Skin fragility-woolly hair-palmoplantar keratoderma syndrome is a very rare genetic disorder which is characterized by fragile skin which shows itself as blisters and erosion due to trauma that wouldn't typically cause those type of lesions, woolly hair with alopecia, nail dysplasia, widespread or local palmoplantar keratoderma associated with painful fissuring.[1] [2] Only 2 cases from two families have been described in medical literature.[3]
Genetics
Through the only two described patients, this disorder was found to be caused by homozygous or compound heterozygous mutations in the desmoplakin gene, in chromosome 6.[4]
Etiology
It was first discovered in 2002 by Whittock et al. when they described 2 un-related patients with the symptoms mentioned above.
Notes and References
- Web site: Skin fragility-woolly hair-palmoplantar keratoderma syndrome - About the Disease - Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center . 2022-06-04 . rarediseases.info.nih.gov . en.
- Web site: RESERVED . INSERM US14-- ALL RIGHTS . Orphanet: Skin fragility woolly hair palmoplantar keratoderma syndrome . 2022-06-04 . www.orpha.net . en.
- Web site: OMIM Entry - # 607655 - SKIN FRAGILITY-WOOLLY HAIR SYNDROME; SFWHS . 2022-06-04 . omim.org . en-us.
- Whittock . Neil V. . Wan . Hong . Morley . Susan M. . Garzon . Maria C. . Kristal . Leonard . Hyde . Patrice . McLean . W. H. Irwin . Pulkkinen . Leena . Uitto . Juoni . Christiano . Angela M. . Eady . Robin A. J. . February 2002 . Compound heterozygosity for non-sense and mis-sense mutations in desmoplakin underlies skin fragility/woolly hair syndrome . The Journal of Investigative Dermatology . 118 . 2 . 232–238 . 10.1046/j.0022-202x.2001.01664.x . 0022-202X . 11841538. free .
