Porokeratosis Ptychotropica Coexisting with Tinea Corporis

Porokeratosis Ptychotropica Coexisting with Tinea Corporis

506 Ann Dermatol Received May 27, 2016, Revised August 5, 2016, Accepted for publication August 11, 2016 Corresponding author: Sung Ku Ahn, Department of Dermatology, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, 20 Ilsan-ro, Wonju 26426, Korea. Tel: 82-33-741-0621, Fax: 82-33-748-2650, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons ...

Porokeratosis ptychotropica*

Porokeratosis is a skin disorder clinically characterized by annular plaques with keratotic borders resembling the Great Wall of China and histopathologically by cornoid lamellae. The disease has several clinical variants. Porokeratosis ptychotropica, which has recently become part of these variants, is quite rare and little known. The entity is characterized by verrucous plaques - which may re...

Tinea corporis and tinea capitis.

Coexistence of Disseminated Superficial Actinic Porokeratosis and Ptychotropica Porokeratosis

Porokeratosis (PK) is an uncommon disorder of epidermal keratinization characterized by annular plaques with an atrophic center surrounded by a raised, keratotic wall, with unknown aetiology and an unpredictable outcome. It has several clinical forms including porokeratosis of Mibelli, giant porokeratosis, linear porokeratosis, disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis, palmoplantar poroke...

Neonatal tinea corporis.

Clinical images Day 5: widespread indurated truncal plaques due to Trichophyton rubrum superficial dermatophyte infection (A and B) Following chorioamnionitis, a male infant from a remote Indigenous community was born by vaginal breech delivery at 26 weeks’ gestation. On Day 5, indurated, vesicular and erythematous lesions were noted on extensive areas of the back (Box, A and B). Blue light (45...