Porokeratosis ptychotropica: a clinically distinct variant of porokeratosis.

Publication/Presentation Date

3-1-2009

Abstract

Porokeratosis represents a spectrum of clinical disease. Multiple variants have been described including porokeratosis ptychotropica, a rare subtype. The clinical presentation of porokeratosis ptychotropica frequently resembles an inflammatory perianal disease. We report a patient with porokeratosis ptychotropica with coexistent disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis. We review the current literature on porokeratosis ptychotropica including the clinical presentation, histopathology, cause, and pathogenesis of this rare variant of porokeratosis.

Volume

60

Issue

3

First Page

501

Last Page

503

ISSN

1097-6787

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

19022531

Department(s)

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Document Type

Article

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