"Porokeratosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
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
- Keratoderma Palmoplantar, Punctate Type 2
- Porokeratosis Plantaris, Palmaris, Et Disseminata
- Porokeratosis Plantaris Palmaris et Disseminata
- Porokeratosis, Palmar, Plantar, And Disseminated 1
- Porokeratosis Palmaris et Plantaris Disseminata
- Type 2 Punctate PPK
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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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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An unusual spiculated presentation of follicular porokeratosis. Dermatol Online J. 2019 Jul 15; 25(7).
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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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Steroid-responsive facial eruption with cornoid lamellae--a possible new entity. Dermatol Online J. 2008 Oct 15; 14(10):9.
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Abnormalities of p53 protein expression in cutaneous disorders. Arch Dermatol. 1994 Feb; 130(2):225-32.