Multiple squamous cell carcinomas complicating linear porokeratosis

Australas J Dermatol. 2003 May;44(2):136-9. doi: 10.1046/j.1440-0960.2003.00661.x.

Abstract

Linear porokeratosis is a distinctive variant of porokeratosis with malignant transformation, a known but infrequently reported complication. We report a case of linear porokeratosis on the right leg of a 57-year-old man present since infancy that, over a 2-year period, developed two squamous cell carcinomas within the lesion. Concurrent right inguinal lymphadenopathy was demonstrated on biopsy to be reactive in nature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / pathology*
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / surgery
  • Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / pathology*
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Lower Extremity
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Porokeratosis / pathology*
  • Precancerous Conditions / pathology*
  • Risk Assessment
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Skin Neoplasms / surgery
  • Skin Transplantation
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome