Xeroderma pigmentosum group G with pellagroid rash: A rare presentation

Pediatr Dermatol. 2024 Jan-Feb;41(1):150-152. doi: 10.1111/pde.15416. Epub 2023 Sep 4.

Abstract

Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP), a heterogeneous genodermatoses, has a variable clinical spectrum ranging from mild freckling and photosensitivity to severe skeletal and neurological abnormalities and cutaneous malignancies. Herein, we present the case of a 4-year-old boy with XP group G who presented with a pellagroid rash.

Keywords: genetics; genodermatoses; pellagroid rash; xeroderma pigmentosum.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child, Preschool
  • Exanthema* / etiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Skin Neoplasms*
  • Xeroderma Pigmentosum* / complications
  • Xeroderma Pigmentosum* / diagnosis
  • Xeroderma Pigmentosum* / pathology

Supplementary concepts

  • Xeroderma Pigmentosum, Complementation Group G