Cornoid lamellation is a specific disorder of epidermal maturation manifested by a vertical "column" of parakeratosis and is the hallmark of porokeratosis. The cornoid lamella is characterized by a ridgelike parakeratosis. We present 11 patients with solitary lesions of a distinct pattern of cornoid lamellation. The mean age at presentation clinically was 57 years; there were 9 men and 2 women....

Disseminated superficial porokeratosis (DSP) is a rare cause of secondary cutaneous amyloidosis. An 83-year-old male patient showed an increase in both size and number of DSP lesions after contracting pulmonary tuberculosis. The DSP lesions of the patient consisted of numerous annular eruptions on both sun-exposed and sun-protected areas, which occurred over a period of 20 years. Multiple skin ...