Genital Porokeratosis: A Case Report of Rarely Involved Sites
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چکیده
Genital porokeratosis is a rare form of porokeratosis which can occur in two ways : in isolated form or as a part of disseminated porokeratosis. The former one is much rarer and less than 50 such cases of isolated involvement of genitalia in porokeratosis has been reported so far. Being a inherited disorder of keratinization, usual mode of heritance is autosomal dominant. The aim of present report is to document another case of genital porokeratosis in a 55 years old male with negative family history.
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