atrophoderma vermicularis

atrophoderma vermiculatum any of a group of autosomal recessive skin disorders, usually seen in children or young adults, characterized by inflammation followed by a reticulated honeycomblike or wormlike follicular atrophy, often with erythema and follicular plugging. The lesions are usually confined to the cheeks (folliculitis ulerythematosa reticulata), but may appear first on the forehead or eyebrow region (ulerythema ophryogenes) and spread to the scalp. Called also atrophodermia vermiculata.