Idiopathic disseminated comedones in a child

Pediatr Dermatol. 2006 Mar-Apr;23(2):163-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2006.00205.x.

Abstract

An 11-year-old girl had an uncountable number of hyperkeratotic comedo-like lesions on her shoulders, arms, buttocks, and thighs, present for 5 years. Depressed scars, cysts, and small purulent nodules were observed in involved areas. Her 6-year-old brother does not have similar lesions. Other members of her family were not available for examination. Light microscopy showed dilated elongated infundibula filled with corneocytes and arranged in a lamellated pattern. A peri-infundibular inflammatory infiltrate was present.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Child
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Sebaceous Gland Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Sebaceous Gland Diseases / pathology