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Philippe Humbert, MD; Pierre Agache, MD
Department of Dermatology Hopital St Jacques 25030 Besançon Cedex, France

Arch Dermatol. 1991;127(2):263-264.

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To the Editor.—

A variety of dysimmune conditions may be seen in patients with acquired ichthyosis. Among the more common are Hodgkin's disease and sarcoidosis. Font et al¹ recently reported a new case of acquired ichthyosis in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus. Evidence that acquired ichthyosis may be a new reported manifestation of collagenosis was supported by their case report, as well as by the observation we published 1 year ago.² Our patient was suffering from mixed connective tissue disease that may be considered as a clinical and biological form of systemic lupus erythematosus.³ Acquired ichthyosis was also reported to be associated with dermatomyositis.⁴ In a recent review of the literature, we were not able to find other cases of collagenosis related to acquired ichthyosis.⁵ The association of autoimmune conditions with acquired ichthyosis indicates that abnormal host immune response may have a role in . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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