Synonym(s)
bébé Michelin; folded skin with scarring; Generalized folded skin with underlying lipomatous nevus; Michelin-tire-baby syndrome; multiple; Multiple annular skin folds; multiple benign circumferential skin creases of the limbs; ring-shaped; skin wrinkles
DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
A "tyre-shaped" bulged skin surface (reminiscent of the symbolic figure of the Michelin tyre advertisement), which has existed since birth and is caused by an increase in subcutaneous fatty tissue. Relation to the nevus lipomatodes cutaneus superficialis is discussed.
EtiopathogenesisThis section has been translated automatically.
Autosomal dominant inheritance and new mutations.
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Clinical featuresThis section has been translated automatically.
Multiple, ring-shaped skin folds on all extremities and also on the trunk. Rare infestation of the capillitium, here under the clinical picture of the cutis verticis gyrata. No known complications.
TherapyThis section has been translated automatically.
Not possible.
Progression/forecastThis section has been translated automatically.
Benign course. In adulthood the symptoms are no longer detectable.
LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.
- Bass HN, Caldwell S, Brooks BS (1993) Michelin tire baby syndrome: Familial constriction bands during infancy and early childhood in four generations. At J Med Genet 45: 370-372
- Cohen MM Jr, Gorlin RJ et al (1993) Multiple circumferential skin folds and other anomalies: a problem in syndrome delineation. Clin Dysmorphol 2: 39-46
- Kondoh T et al (2004) Hearing impairment, undescended testis, circumferential skin creases, and mental handicap (HITCH) syndrome: A case report. Am J Med Genet 125A: 290-292
- Ross CM (1969) Generalized folded skin with an underlying lipomatous nevus. Arch Derm 100: 320-323
- Sato M et al (1997) Michelin tire syndrome: a congenital disorder of elastic fibre formation? Br J Dermatol 136: 583-586
- Sardana K et al (2003) Spontaneously improving Michelin tire baby syndrome. Pediatric Dermatol 20: 150-152
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Bébé michelin; Cutis verticis gyrata; Fatty tissue nevus; Folded skin with scarring; Generalized folded skin with underlying lipomatous nevus; Lipomatosus nevus generalisatus; Michelin-tire-baby syndrome; Multiple benign circumferential skin creases of the limbs; Skin folds, multiple, annular;Disclaimer
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