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Focal Dermal Hypoplasia

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•AKA Goltz syndrome
•X-linked dominant (therefore 90% female;  and follows Blashko’s lines)

 

cutaneous:

•soft red-yellow nodules (fat herniations) along Blashko’s lines
•atrophic hypo/hyper-pigmented telangiectatic streaks in Blaschko’s lines

 

skeletal:

•severe skeletal abnormalities (e.g. oligodactyly with “lobster claw” deformity)
•osteopathia striata (vertical striation in metaphysis of long bones on x-ray) >80%

 

ddx:  IP, Rothmund-Thompson syndrome