Confluent and reticulated papillomatosis

Confluent and reticulated papillomatosis
Confluent and reticulated papillomatosis of Gougerot and Carteaud
Classification and external resources
ICD-10 L83
OMIM 167900

Confluent and reticulated papillomatosis of Gougerot and Carteaud (also known as "Confluent and reticulated papillomatosis," "Familial cutaneous papillomatosis," and "Familial occurrence of confluent and reticulated papillomatosis"[1][2]) is an uncommon but distinctive acquired ichthyosiform dermatosis characterized by persistent dark, scaly, papules and plaques that tend to be localized predominantly on the central trunk.[3]

Eponym

Henri Gougerot and Alexandre Carteaud originally described the condition in 1927.[4] The cause remains unknown, but the observation that the condition may clear with Minocycline [5] turned attention to an infectious agent. Actinomycete Dietzia strain X was isolated from one individual [6]. Other antibiotics found useful include azithromycin, fusidic acid, clarithromycin, erythromycin, tetracycline and cefdinir [7].

See also

References

  1. ^ Odom, Richard B.; Davidsohn, Israel; James, William D.; Henry, John Bernard; Berger, Timothy G.; Clinical diagnosis by laboratory methods; Dirk M. Elston (2006). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology (10th ed.). Saunders Elsevier. p. 207. ISBN 0-7216-2921-0. 
  2. ^ Online 'Mendelian Inheritance in Man' (OMIM) 167900
  3. ^ Freedberg, Irwin M.; Fitzpatrick, Thomas B. (2003). Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine (6th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill, Medical Pub. Division. pp. 494–5. ISBN 0-07-138076-0. 
  4. ^ Gougerot H, Carteaud A (1927). "Papillomatose pigmentee innominee". Bull Soc Fr Dermatol Syphilol. 34: 719. 
  5. ^ http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119290472/abstract
  6. ^ Natarajan S, Milne D, Jones AL, Goodfellow M, Perry J, Koerner RJ (October 2005). "Dietzia strain X: a newly described Actinomycete isolated from confluent and reticulated papillomatosis". Br. J. Dermatol. 153 (4): 825–7. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06785.x. PMID 16181469. 
  7. ^ Scheinfeld N (2006). "Confluent and reticulated papillomatosis : a review of the literature". Am J Clin Dermatol 7 (5): 305–13. PMID 17007541.