Parakeratosis pustulosa with Dyskeratotic Cells

Granular Parakeratosis of Eccrine Ostia

Granular parakeratosis is a recently recognized disorder of keratinization that is usually confined to intertriginous areas. The histopathologic features are distinctive and diagnostic. Rarely, histopathologic variants such as follicular granular parakeratosis and granular parakeratosis of eccrine ostia have been described. In this report, we describe a rare case of granular parakeratosis mostl...

Dermatitis cruris pustulosa et atrophicans: case reports.

Dermatitis cruris pustulosa et atrophicans is a skin condition characterised by a protracted course of eruptions occuring symmetrically on the anterior surfaces of both legs, with follicular pustules, scaling, oedema, atrophy, shininess, and loss of skin markings.' ,2 ,3 The disease was first described by Clarke in 1952 in Nigerians.t-f Some authors have called it the 'Nigerian shin disease " ,...

[Granular parakeratosis: disease or reactive response?].

Acantholytic dyskeratotic acanthoma: case report and review of the literature

BACKGROUND Focal acantholytic dyskeratosis has been described as an incidental finding and as a clinically distinct lesion. In both situations, a dimorphic histologic pattern is observed: acantholysis and dyskeratosis. Solitary, non-genital lesions displaying such pathology have been difficult to classify. Clinical and pathological characteristics of acantholytic dyskeratotic acanthomas are des...

Familial dyskeratotic comedones in a female with positive family history: A rare entity

Rodin et al. first reported a rare inherited condition in 1967, called as familial dyskeratotic comedones (FDC) with autosomal dominant mode of inheritance and clinically characterized by symmetrical development of cosmetically disfiguring, progressive but asymptomatic, numerous, discrete, disseminated, hyperkeratotic papules and comedones on trunk, arms and face, appearing around puberty [1]. ...