Abstract
Futcher’s lines or Voigt’s lines or Futcher-Voigt’s lines or Ito lines [4,5] These are less common names for what is known as Pigmentary demarcation lines (PDL). PDL are physiological abrupt transition lines from areas of deeper pigmentation to the area with less pigmentation. Five types (A-E) have been described. More recently; facial lines F, G and H were added. Type A (Futcher’s / Voigt’s lines), the most common lines, seen over the dorso-ventral aspect of the arms. These lines are named after Howard Palmer Futcher (1910-2004), (Fig. 1) an American-Canadian physician. He was the former member of the faculty of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, executive director of the American Board of Internal Medicine.
Highlights
Cite this article: Khalid Al Aboud, Ahmad Al Aboud: Names of ‚’Lines’’ in dermatology literature
Named by the team who reported it as AA lines
Futcher’s lines or Voigt’s lines or These are less common names for what is known as Pigmentary demarcation
Summary
Cite this article: Khalid Al Aboud, Ahmad Al Aboud: Names of ‚’Lines’’ in dermatology literature. Named by the team who reported it as AA (antecubital Ahn’s) lines. Beau’s lines are deep grooved lines in the nails. They are named after, a French physician, Joseph Honoré Simon Beau (1806–1865), who first described it in 1846.
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