title: Kindler syndrome: report of two cases and review of the literature.
abstract: We evaluated two patients with hereditary bullous poikiloderma. Both had acral bullae, generalized poikiloderma with prominent atrophy, and acral keratoses. One patient, with sporadic disease, had, in addition, urethral and subglottic stenoses, webbing of digits, and poor dentition. The other patient, whose disease was dominantly inherited, had koilonychia. The results of cutaneous histopathology, electron microscopy, and immunofluorescence mapping studies are presented. It is possible that Kindler syndrome and Weary's hereditary acrokeratotic poikiloderma are variants of the same disease.
authors.affiliation: Division of Dermatology, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Forman
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Prendiville
authors.forename: N B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Esterly
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Hebert
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Duvic
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Horiguchi
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Fine
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001706:Biopsy; D001768:Blister / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009092:Mucous Membrane / Q000473:pathology; D010787:Photosensitivity Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control; D011038:Rothmund-Thomson Syndrome / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D012867:Skin / Q000648:ultrastructure; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000473:pathology*