Coexistence of disseminated superficial porokeratosis in childhood with congenital linear porokeratosis

Pediatr Dermatol. 2000 Nov-Dec;17(6):466-8. doi: 10.1046/j.1525-1470.2000.01823.x.

Abstract

Porokeratosis is a genodermatosis characterized by abnormal epidermal keratinization with the histologic finding of cornoid lamella. To date, five clinical variants have been identified. However, the coexistence of these variants in a single patient has been described only rarely. We report a 5-year-old girl with the simultaneous occurrence of porokeratotic lesions in linear and disseminated patterns. Linear lesions were detected at birth and the disseminated lesions developed at the age of 3 years. Histologically the lesions had cornoid lamella, which is typical of this condition.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Porokeratosis / congenital
  • Porokeratosis / pathology*
  • Skin / pathology*