Autosomal Dominant Lamellar Ichthyosis in a Cameroonian Family

Abstract

Ichthyosis encompasses genetic disorders linked to disorders of skin differentiation, but can also be acquired. Neonatal Congenital Ichthyosis which, major risk is predisposition to infections due to inefficient cutaneous barrier, has many sub-type including lamellar Ichthyosis. Although the most described mode of inheritance is the recessive one, few cases of Autosomal Dominant Lamellar Ichthyosis (ADLI) are encountered in literature. Here we describe a similar mode in a Cameroonian family.