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Haber's syndrome
Synonyms:
Intraepidermal epithelioma-rosacea-like eruptions, familial rosacea-like dermatosis.
Associated persons:
Henry Haber
Description:
Facial erythema with rosacea-like eruption on the cheeks, nose, forehead, and chin. The syndrome has a slowly progressive course, beginning in childhood and proceeding with pustular flare-ups. In the second decade of life, pigmented scaly or keratotic lesions of the trunk and thighs which resemble seborrheic warts. Both sexes affected. Etiology unknown. It is a rare genodermatosis transmitted as an autosomal dominant trait.
Bibliography:
- H. T. H. Wilson:
Two cases of familial rosacea-like dermatosis with lanugo hair changes.
British Journal of Dermatology, Oxford, 1960, 72: 322.
- K. V. Sanderson, H. T. H. Wilson:
Haber’s syndrome. Familial rosacea-like eruption with intraepidermal epithelioma.
British Journal of Dermatology, Oxford, 1965, 77: 1-8.
- A. Rook, D. S. Wilkinson, F. J. G. Ebbing, et al:
Textbook of dermatology.
Oxford, Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1986. 4th edition, page 2393.
- I. Kikuchi, F. Crovato, A. Rebora:
Haber's syndrome and Dowling-Degos disease.
International Journal of Dermatology, Phuiladelphia, March 1988, 27 (2):96-97.
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