title: Relapsing linear acantholytic dermatosis.
abstract: The case of an 81-year-old man with relapsing linear acantholytic dermatosis is described. This is the second description of this disease entity, which is characterized by the histopathologic and ultrastructural features of Hailey-Hailey disease. Clinically, it is characterized by skin lesions that wax and wane in a systematic pattern following the lines of Blaschko.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Hospital Vienna-Lainz, Austria.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Duschet
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Happle
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schwarz
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gschnait
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D000051:Acantholysis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D017255:Acitretin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001706:Biopsy; D004817:Epidermis / Q000473:pathology; D006119:Groin; D006801:Humans; D007641:Keratolytic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D013909:Thorax
chemical_list: D007641:Keratolytic Agents; D017255:Acitretin