A Case of Acquired Ichthyosis Associated with Diabetes Mellitus, Chronic Renal failure and Hypertension / 대한피부과학회지

ABSTRACT

Acquired ichthyosis is a rare condition and ususually occurs in adult patients with various systemic diseases and drugs that affect cholesterol metabolism. As a rule when the underlying disease goes into remission, the ichtyosis regress. Clinically and histopathologically it is similar to ichthyosis vulgaris. We report a 43-year-old man with acquired ichthyosis, who associated with diabetes mellitus, chronic renal failure and hypertension.