Autosomal Syndromic Ichthyosis

Mednik Syndrome


  • Beginning: Birth.
  • Clinical picture: Severe / Very severe.
  • Syndromic: It does affect other organs.

It is a serious disorder characterized by mental retardation, enteropathy, deafness, peripheral neuropathy, ichthyosis, and keratoderma.

Its degree of prevalence is 1 per 1,000,000 births.

Symptoms seen on the skin are erythematous areas and hyperkeratotic plaques of varying sizes and shapes.