Classical presentation of Darier's disease: a rare disorder of keratinisation

Keratosis follicularis or Darier's disease (DD), a rare autosomal dominant disorder is characterised clinically by appearance of multiple, prurutic, discrete, scaly papules affecting seborrheic areas coupled with palmar pits, nail changes and mucosal involvement. Histologicaly the lesions show...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:Journal of Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad Abbottabad, 2010-07, Vol.22 (3), p.230-233
Hauptverfasser: Mahboob, Atiya, Yaqub, Faryal, Shahzad, Zahid, Afzaal, Manaal, Hanif, Moazzum, Khan, Deeba Sattar, Nasim, Riffat, Khan, Aleena
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Online-Zugang:Volltext
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:Keratosis follicularis or Darier's disease (DD), a rare autosomal dominant disorder is characterised clinically by appearance of multiple, prurutic, discrete, scaly papules affecting seborrheic areas coupled with palmar pits, nail changes and mucosal involvement. Histologicaly the lesions show suprabasal clefts with acantholytic and dyskeratotic cells. We report a case of 35 years old woman with typical clinical and histological features of Darier's disease.
ISSN:1025-9589