Poikiloderma with neutropenia is an inherited genodermatosis found in Navajo people. It is characterized by erythematous rash that appears in the first year of life. The rash starts from the limbs and spreads to the trunk and the face, evolving into poikiloderma. Patients with this disease have recurrent bacterial infections and chronic neutropenia. It has been reported mutations in USB1 cause this condition.
Category
Skin disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
14 Diseases of the skin
Genetic and developmental disorders affecting the skin
Genetic syndromes affecting the skin
EC10 Genetic syndromes with poikiloderma
H00793 Poikiloderma with neutropenia
Walne AJ, Vulliamy T, Beswick R, Kirwan M, Dokal I
Title
Mutations in C16orf57 and normal-length telomeres unify a subset of patients with dyskeratosis congenita, poikiloderma with neutropenia and Rothmund-Thomson syndrome.