Bazex-Dupre-Christol syndrome (BDCS) is an X linked dominant disorder of the hair follicle characterised by follicular atrophoderma, multiple basal cell carcinomas, hypotrichosis, milia, and localised hypohidrosis. Follicular atrophoderma (FA) are follicular funnel shaped depressions, "ice pick marks", seen most commonly on the dorsum of the hands. We describe the first known Scottish family wi...

Idiopathic atrophoderma of Pasini and Pierini is a form of dermal atrophy of unknown etiology, usually affecting women during their adolescence and young adulthood. A 2-yr-old girl was presented with erythematous atrophic lesion on the right shoulder, which appeared from birth. The histologic findings were consistent with atrophoderma. This patient, to the best of our knowledge, is the first ca...

The treatment of atrophoderma vermiculatum is challenging. A 7-year-old girl had a unilateral atrophic skin lesion on her right cheek, which was diagnosed as unilateral atrophoderma vermiculata. She was treated by carbon dioxide and 595 nm pulsed dye laser and carbon dioxide laser. This resulted in prevention of the lesional progression with favorable cosmetic appearance of the skin.

Bazex-Dupre-Christol (BDC) syndrome is clinically characterizedby multiple basal cell carcinomas of the face that mainly occurduring the second and third decade of life, follicular atrophodermapredominantly of the dorsum sides of the hands and feetand generalized hypotrichosis; sometimes with pili torti andtrichorrhexis nodosa. Features commonly associated with BDCare milia, hypohidrosis and ca...

Linear atrophoderma of Moulin (LAM) is a dermatosis characterized by hyperpigmented and depressed band-like lesions localized along the Blaschko lines. This dermatosis was described for the first time by Moulin et al. in five patients with similar characteristics in 1992 and referred to atrophoderma of Moulin, with referrance to the first publication [1,2]. Major characteristics of LAM are bein...

CASE REPORT A 22-year-old Malay woman presented with an 11-year history of asymptomatic, unilateral brown patches affecting the right arm, right side of the trunk, and right leg. There were no prior skin lesions or inflammation. There was no significant medical or family history. Physical examination found linear hyperpigmented atrophic patches on the right arm, right trunk extending down to th...