00:01 Our topic here is a very common skin condition called ichthyosis vulgaris. 00:08 Immediately, take a look at the picture here, and if you take a look at that picture, you should be able to identify this immediately as being fishy scale. 00:17 Okay, let's look at the skin. 00:18 It looks like it’s the scale of a fish. 00:21 Dry skin, fish like scale, especially on the lower legs. 00:27 That’s your clinical pearl, ichthyosis vulgaris. 00:30 It’s a beautiful name. 00:31 I love saying this, ichthyosis. 00:34 More common to patients with atopic dermatitis. 00:37 Both associated with mutation in -- please understand or memorize that particular gene called filaggrin type of gene. 00:50 Management: moisturizers. 00:52 It’s so incredibly dry. 00:54 And so therefore, you want to have moisturizers and keratolytic topical agents.
The lecture Ichthyosis Vulgaris by Carlo Raj, MD is from the course Inflammatory Skin Diseases.
Ichthyosis vulgaris is more common in individuals with what other dermatologic condition?
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excellent, comprehensive, detailed and very focused dermatology lecture on high yield and clinically relevant material