Ichthyosis acquisita is a disorder clinically and histologically similar to ichthyosis vulgaris. Presentation Associated conditions The development of ichthyosis in adulthood can be a manifestation of systemic disease, and it has been described in association with malignancies, drugs, endocrine and metabolic disease, HIV, infection, and autoimmune conditions. It usually is associated with people who have Hodgkin's disease but it is also occurs in people with mycosis fungoides, other malignant sarcomas, Kaposi's sarcoma and visceral carcinomas. It can occur in people with leprosy, AIDS, tuberculosis, and typhoid fever. See also Ichthyosis Confluent and reticulated papillomatosis of Gougerot and Carteaud List of cutaneous conditions References External links Immune system disorders Lymphoid-related cutaneous conditions