Superficial epidermolytic ichthyosis

Superficial epidermolytic ichthyosis (SEI) is a rare keratinopathic ichthyosis (KI; see this term) characterized by the presence of superficial blisters and erosions at birth.

Hyperkeratosis

Hyperkeratosis is thickening of the outer layer of the skin, the stratum corneum, which is composed of large, polyhedral, plate-like envelopes filled with keratin which are the dead cells that have migrated up from the stratum granulosum.


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Superficial epidermolytic ichthyosis: a report of two families.
Cervantes T, Pham C, Browning JC.
Pediatr Dermatol. 2013;30(4):469-72.
Superficial epidermolytic ichthyosis (SEI), previously known as ichthyosis bullosa of Siemens, is a rare genetic skin condition, characterized by blisters and hyperkeratosis.
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Lifelong scaling and blistering in a family.
Langan EA, Jamieson LA, Judge M.
Pediatr Dermatol. 2010;27(6):653-4.
Ichthyosis bullosa of Siemens is a genodermatosis, which presents in childhood with mild blistering and hyperkeratosis.