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Long-term survival of a harlequin fetus
1Department of Dermatology, University of Texas Health Science Center/Southwestern Medical School, Dallas 75235.
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
|August 1, 1989
Abstract:
Harlequin ichthyosis is a rare, severe form of congenital ichthyosis, which probably represents a heterogeneous group of disorders. Unfortunately very little is known regarding the pathogenesis, course, and prognosis of harlequin ichthyosis because most of these infants die within a few weeks of birth. A case of an 9-year-old girl that had been a harlequin fetus, with clinical and histologic features similar to nonbullous congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma, is described.