title: [Acquired peeling skin syndrome in an adult].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Peeling skin syndrome is a rare form of congenital ichthyosis. The term was coined in 1982 by Levy and Goldsmith and the syndrome is clinically characterized by generalized scaling. Histologically, there is an epidermal separation in the stratum corneum.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of a 73-year-old woman who had ichthyosis without cicatricial progressive alopecia since her first pregnancy. An ultrastructural study was performed confirming the clinical diagnosis of peeling skin syndrome.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The peeling skin syndrome designates several different clinical entities classed by Traupe in type A and type B. Mevorah and al. expanded this classification with a type C. This classification has remained valid after additional information provided by ultrastructural studies and may suggest different pathogenic mechanisms underlying the dermatosis. A critical review of the literature shows that the case reported here is exceptional and had a late clinical onset.
authors.affiliation: Service de Dermatologie, Hôpital de l'Antiquaille, 1 rue de l'Antiquaille, 69321 Lyon Cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Causeret
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Grezard
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haftek
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Roth
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Forestier
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Perrot
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007057:Ichthyosis / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology