TY - JOUR
T1 - Facial porokeratosis
T2 - A series of six patients
AU - Gutierrez, Ericson L.
AU - Galarza, Carlos
AU - Ramos, Willy
AU - Tello, Mercedes
AU - De Paz, Patricia Chávez
AU - Bobbio, Lucia
AU - Barquinero, Alicia
AU - Ronceros, Gerardo
AU - Ortega-Loayza, Alex G.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2010/8
Y1 - 2010/8
N2 - Porokeratosis is a disorder of epidermal keratinization characterized by annular plaques with an atrophic centre and hyperkeratotic edges, and includes a heterogeneous group of disorders that are mostly inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion. Facial porokeratosis is rare and is not well documented. We present six cases of facial porokeratosis seen over a period of 15 years in a hospital in Lima, Peru. In most of the cases, porokeratosis was found in younger women without any significant past medical history. Oral isotretinoin showed moderate improvement in two of our patients.
AB - Porokeratosis is a disorder of epidermal keratinization characterized by annular plaques with an atrophic centre and hyperkeratotic edges, and includes a heterogeneous group of disorders that are mostly inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion. Facial porokeratosis is rare and is not well documented. We present six cases of facial porokeratosis seen over a period of 15 years in a hospital in Lima, Peru. In most of the cases, porokeratosis was found in younger women without any significant past medical history. Oral isotretinoin showed moderate improvement in two of our patients.
KW - facial porokeratosis
KW - isotretinoin
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2009.00616.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2009.00616.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 20695858
AN - SCOPUS:77955289681
SN - 0004-8380
VL - 51
SP - 191
EP - 194
JO - Australasian Journal of Dermatology
JF - Australasian Journal of Dermatology
IS - 3
ER -