title: [Galli-Galli disease presenting as lichenoid papules in the flexures].
abstract: Galli-Galli disease is a rare genodermatosis currently regarded as an acantholytic variant of Dowling-Degos disease. The 2 diseases have the same clinical features: reticular hyperpigmented macules in the great skin folds, erythematous scaly papules and plaques, comedo-like lesions, and pitted perioral scars, and the only differentiating characteristic is the histological finding of acantholysis, usually without dyskeratosis. We describe the case of a patient with hyperpigmented papules in the skin folds as the only sign of Galli-Galli disease, and we present a review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Sierrallana, Torrelavega, Cantabria, Spain. igsderma@yahoo.es
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: García-Salces
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hörndler
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Requena
mesh_terms: D000051:Acantholysis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D002081:Buttocks; D003218:Condylomata Acuminata / Q000175:diagnosis; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000175:diagnosis; D006119:Groin; D006801:Humans; D017495:Hyperpigmentation / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D017512:Lichenoid Eruptions / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D009333:Neck