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Disseminated porokeratosis transiently healed by cancer chemotherapy Volume 24, issue 2, March-April 2014

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1 Allergology and Clinical Immunology Department,
2 Medical Oncology Department, UMR 3738,
3 Histopathology Laboratory,
4 Allergology and Clinical Immunology Department,
INSERM U 1111-CIRI,
Lyon-Sud University Hospital,
Lyon 1 University,
69495 Pierre-Bénite cedex, France

Porokeratosis (PK) is a heterogeneous group of hereditary or acquired cutaneous disorders of epidermal keratinization with various clinical presentations and etiologies. The primary lesion of PK is a superficial annular macule or papule bordered by a peripheral, grooved, keratotic ridge. Common to all PK is the typical histological feature of cornoid lamella, which clinically corresponds to this hyperkeratotic rim. Porokeratosis of Mibelli and disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis (DSAP) [...]