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Editorial

. 2016 Jul 18;2(3):108-112.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijwd.2016.06.002. eCollection 2016 Sep.

Helen Ollendorff-Curth: A dermatologist's lasting legacy

Anthony K Guzman¹, William D James¹

Affiliations

PMID: 28492020
PMCID: PMC5418872
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijwd.2016.06.002

Editorial

Helen Ollendorff-Curth: A dermatologist's lasting legacy

Anthony K Guzman et al. Int J Womens Dermatol. 2016.

. 2016 Jul 18;2(3):108-112.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijwd.2016.06.002. eCollection 2016 Sep.

Authors

Anthony K Guzman¹, William D James¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

PMID: 28492020
PMCID: PMC5418872
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijwd.2016.06.002

No abstract available

Keywords: Buschke-Ollendorff Syndrome; Curth’s criteria; Ichthyosis hystrix Curth-Macklin type; Ollendorff probe sign; genodermatosis.

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Fig. 1 — Fig. 1
Helen Ollendorff-Curth. Reprinted from Burgdorf and Scholz (2004), with permission from Elsevier.

Fig. 2 — Fig. 2
Painless, skin-colored, coalescent papules characteristic of Buschke-Ollendorff syndrome.

Fig. 3 — Fig. 3
Osteopoikilosis, a benign sclerosing bone dysplasia, affecting the lumbar spine and pelvis.

Fig. 4 — Fig. 4
Melorheostosis involving the ulnar aspect of the third proximal phalanx. Note that it takes on the appearance of dripping candle wax.

Fig. 5 — Fig. 5
Helen Ollendorff-Curth and Rudolf Wilhelm Paul Curth. Reprinted from Burgdorf and Scholz (2004), with permission from Elsevier.

Fig. 6 — Fig. 6
Madge Thurlow Macklin (center). Acc. 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s, Smithsonian Institution Archives.

Fig. 7 — Fig. 7
Severe palmoplantar keratoderma often seen in Ichthyosis hystrix, Curth-Macklin type. Photo courtesy Leslie Castelo-Soccio, MD, PhD. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

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