 Porokeratosis
"Porokeratosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A heritable disorder of faulty keratinization characterized by the proliferation of abnormal clones of KERATINOCYTES and lesions showing varying atrophic patches surrounded by an elevated, keratotic border. These keratotic lesions can progress to overt cutaneous neoplasm. Several clinical variants are recognized, including porokeratosis of Mibelli, linear porokeratosis, disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis, palmoplantar porokeratosis, and punctate porokeratosis.
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D017499
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C16.320.850.730 C17.800.428.750 C17.800.827.730
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| Concept/Terms |
Porokeratosis, Palmoplantar- Porokeratosis, Palmoplantar
- Palmoplantar Porokeratosis
- Type 2 Punctate PPK
- Porokeratosis Plantaris Palmaris et Disseminata
- Keratoderma Palmoplantar, Punctate Type 2
- Porokeratosis Palmaris et Plantaris Disseminata
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Porokeratosis" by people in Profiles.
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Young PM, Leavens J, Gaspard S, Kim G, Armstrong AW. An unusual spiculated presentation of follicular porokeratosis. Dermatol Online J. 2019 Jul 15; 25(7).
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Takiguchi RH, White KP, White CR, Simpson EL. Verrucous porokeratosis of the gluteal cleft (porokeratosis ptychotropica): a rare disorder easily misdiagnosed. J Cutan Pathol. 2010 Jul; 37(7):802-7.
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Tran H, Bossenbroek NM, Rosenman K, Meehan SA, Sanchez M, Prystowsky S. Steroid-responsive facial eruption with cornoid lamellae--a possible new entity. Dermatol Online J. 2008 Oct 15; 14(10):9.
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McNutt NS, Saenz-Santamaría C, Volkenandt M, Shea CR, Albino AP. Abnormalities of p53 protein expression in cutaneous disorders. Arch Dermatol. 1994 Feb; 130(2):225-32.
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