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Pages 168-172 (March 2010)
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Vol. 101. Issue 2.
Pages 168-172 (March 2010)
Case Report
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Galli-Galli Disease Presenting as Lichenoid Papules in the Flexures
Presentación de Enfermedad de Galli-Galli Como Pápulas Liquenoides Flexurales
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I. García-Salcesa,
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, C. Hörndlerb, L. Requenac
a Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Sierrallana, Torrelavega, Cantabria, Spain
b Servicio de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain
c Servicio de Dermatología, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain
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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.

Keywords:
Galli-Galli disease
Dowling-Degos disease
Acantholysis
Resumen

La enfermedad de Galli-Galli (EGG) es una genodermatosis rara considerada actualmente como la variante acantolítica de la enfermedad de Dowling-Degos (EDD), con la que comparte sus manifestaciones clínicas: hiperpigmentación reticular en grandes pliegues cutáneos, pápulas y placas eritemato-descamativas, lesiones tipo comedón y cicatrices acneiformes peribucales. El hallazgo histológico de acantólisis, generalmente en ausencia de disqueratosis, constituye el único elemento diferenciador de ambas.

Presentamos el caso de una paciente con pápulas flexurales hiperpigmentadas en pliegues como único hallazgo de EGG y revisamos la literatura.

Palabras clave:
Enfermedad de Galli-Galli
Enfermedad de Dowling-Degos
Acantólisis
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