A Taiwanese woman with Dowling-Degos disease: An electron microscopic study with pathophysiological significance

Dowling-Degos disease.

Dowling-Degos disease (DDD) is a rare autosomal dominant inherited pigmentary disorder of the flexures with a reticulate aspect and with presence of prominent comedone-like lesions and pitted scars. The diagnosis includes acanthosis nigricans as well as other reticulate pigmentary disorders classified into: dyschromatrosis symmetrica hereditaria (DSH), dyschromatosis universalis hereditaria (DU...

[Dowling-Degos disease].

Generalised Dowling-Degos Disease: A Rare Variant with Hypopigmented Macules

Dowling Degos disease is characterised by hyperpigmented macules arranged in a reticulate pattern in the flexures. The rare hypopigmented variant shows characteristic acanthosis with antler like rete ridges but with pigment only at the tips of the rete ridges. We describe here a rare variant with coexistence of characteristic reticulate hyperpigmentation and hypopigmented macules, which has bee...

Dowling-Degos disease associated with hidradenitis suppurativa: a case report.

Dowling-Degos disease (DDD) or reticular pigmented anomaly of the flexures is a rare autosomal dominant genodermatosis with variable penetrance. It mainly affects young women and is characterized by acquired reticular hyperpigmentation of the large skin folds. We present a case of DDD associated with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) in a 43-year-old Spanish woman. Physical examination revealed bro...

Dowling-Degos disease: Report of a case with pigmentation localized only in the genital area

Dowling –Degos disease is a rare condition. It is inherited by an autosomal dominant gene. It usually presents in adult life as small, pigmented, asymptomatic macules in flexural regions. We report a 35-year-old woman with Dowling- Degos disease, in whom the reticular pigmentation confined to the genital area.