Ectodermal dysplasia with corkscrew hairs explained

Ectodermal dysplasia with corkscrew hairs is a skin condition with salient features including exaggerated pili torti, scalp keloids, follicular plugging, keratosis pilaris, xerosis, eczema, palmoplantar keratoderma, syndactyly, onychodysplasia and conjunctival neovascularization.^[1]

See also

• Skin lesion

Further reading

• Argenziano G, Monsurrò MR, Pazienza R, Delfino M . A case of probable autosomal recessive ectodermal dysplasia with corkscrew hairs and mental retardation in a family with tuberous sclerosis . J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. . 38 . 2 Pt 2 . 344–8 . February 1998 . 9486713 . 10.1016/S0190-9622(98)70580-8.
• Trüeb R, Burg G, Bottani A, Schinzel A . Ectodermal dysplasia with corkscrew hairs: observation of probable autosomal dominant tricho-odonto-onychodysplasia with syndactyly . J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. . 30 . 2 Pt 1 . 289–90 . February 1994 . 8141890 . 10.1016/S0190-9622(08)81934-2. free .
• Abramovits-Ackerman W, Bustos T, Simosa-Leon V, Fernandez L, Ramella M . Cutaneous findings in a new syndrome of autosomal recessive ectodermal dysplasia with corkscrew hairs . J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. . 27 . 6 Pt 1 . 917–21 . December 1992 . 1479096 . 10.1016/0190-9622(92)70287-P.

Notes and References

1. James, William; Berger, Timothy; Elston, Dirk (2005). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology. (10th ed.). Saunders. .