Genitogluteal porokeratosis involving the scrotum: an unusual presentation of an uncommon disease |
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Authors: | Wanat Karolyn A Gormley Rachel H Bennett Daniel D Kovarik Carrie L |
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Affiliation: | Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. |
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Abstract: | Porokeratosis represents a heterogeneous group of keratinization disorders typified by the presence of annular plaques with distinct, raised borders that include cornoid lamellae. Histopathologically, a cornoid lamella is a column of parakeratotic scale overlying an epidermal invagination that displays nearby dyskeratotic keratinocytes and loss of the granular layer. Porokeratosis ptychotropica constitutes a rare variant that classically presents as a plaque in the gluteal cleft that mimics a dermatitis and microscopically contains numerous cornoid lamellae. We report a 28 year-old man with a two-month history of scrotal burning and itching associated with the development of multiple thin red plaques with distinct elevated borders and a pebbled appearance. Histopathological examination revealed psoriasiform acanthosis and multiple cornoid lamellae, which is consistent with a diagnosis of porokeratosis ptychotropica. Our patient's presentation may represent a distinct variant with clinical features of verrucous porokeratosis and histopathological features of porokeratosis ptychotropica which may suggest that the finding of multiple cornoid lamellae is not unique to porokeratosis ptychotropica. |
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Keywords: | cornoid genital porokeratosis ptychotropica scrotum |
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