Keratosis pilaris atrophicans faciei (ulerythema ophryogenes): a cutaneous marker in the Noonan syndrome

Br J Dermatol. 1979 Apr;100(4):409-16. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1979.tb01641.x.

Abstract

Five cases are reported of Noonan's syndrome, all of which presented keratosis pilaris atrophicans faciei (ulerythema ophryogenes). This dermatosis fulfils the criteria mentioned by Noonan & Ehmke (1963) as a pointer for the investigation of cardiac anomalies, especially of the pulmonary artery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Child, Preschool
  • Facial Dermatoses / complications*
  • Facial Dermatoses / pathology
  • Female
  • Folliculitis / complications*
  • Folliculitis / pathology
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Noonan Syndrome / complications*
  • Skin / pathology