Korean J Pediatr.
2007 Mar;50(3):306-310. 10.3345/kjp.2007.50.3.306.
A case of restrictive dermopathy
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Inje University, Busan, Korea. pedsin@inje.ac.kr
- 2Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Inje University, Busan, Korea.
- KMID: 2279253
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2007.50.3.306
Abstract
- Restrictive dermopathy is a rare autosomal recessive disorder in which rigidity or tautness of the skin from the second trimester causes a fetal akinesia deformation sequence (FADS) and early death. Characteristic features include taut skin with prominent subcutaneous vessels, widely open fontanelles and cranial sutures, distinctive facies, flexion contractures, pulmonary hypoplasia, sparse eyelashes and and eyebrows, thin dysplastic clavicles. The histologic abnormalities of the skin are located in a thin dermis, consisting of compactly arranged collagen fibers, scanty elastic fiber. The dermoepidermal junction is flat, and epidermal appendages are absent, miniaturized or immature. The presence of adipose tissue may be increased. We report on the first Korean case of restrictive dermopathy with typical clinical features and histological findings.
