Resumen

SANCHEZ LINARES, Vladimir; FERNANDEZ QUINONES, Yaíma; GONZALEZ TORRE, Alejandra  y  SAEZ BELTRAN, Noelis. Epidermolytic hyperkeratosis. Case presentation. Gac Méd Espirit [online]. 2016, vol.18, n.1, pp. 99-105. ISSN 1608-8921.

Background: The Epidermolytic hyperkeratosis is a genodermatosis with pattern of inheritance dominant autosomal ,it affects equally to both sexes, it is a strange illness and he/she is considered a case each 300 000 people in those that the bladders prevail when being born and the subsequent hyperkeratosis. Objective: To describe the case of a patient with Epidermolytic hyperkeratosis that represents an uncommon clinical situation for their incidence. Case presentation: 17 year-old adolescent, with hyperkeratosis lesions and he/she witnesses of big flakes of dark color that come off easily in big epidermal torn pieces, and that he/she accompanies of fetid scent. Conclusions: This case constitutes an ICHTHYOSIS bullous of Siemens from the clinical point of view, a subtype of Epidermolytic hyperkeratosis, although the alone histology confirms this last one diagnostic.

Palabras clave : Epidermolytic hyperkeratosis; diagnosis.