What is it about?
Porokeratosis is a rare disorder of keratinization with the histopathological finding of cornoid lamellae. Linear porokeratosis has been recognized as a rare variant usually appearing at birth or in childhood. It appears as grouped hyperkeratotic plaques or papules, each with a keratotic, fine, cone-shaped annular rim, and an atrophic centre.
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Why is it important?
Nail dystrophy in linear porokeratosis is extremely rare, and, to the best of our knowledge, has never been reported in the English language literature. We report a patient with congenital linear porokeratosis that extended to the proximal nail fold of the fingers of his right hand and caused onychodystrophy.
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This page is a summary of: Onychodystrophy in congenital linear porokeratosis, British Journal of Dermatology, December 2002, Oxford University Press (OUP),
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2002.05000_7.x.
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