An unusual spiculated presentation of follicular porokeratosis.

We present the case of a 26-year-old man with chronic diffuse follicular spicules associated with alopecia. Clinical findings were suggestive of trichodysplasia spinulosa, but multiple biopsies showed findings consistent with follicular porokeratosis. Diffusely spiculated presentation as present in our patient has not been previously reported in the literature. It is important to recognize the necessity of histopathologic confirmation in a diagnostically challenging condition such as follicular porokeratosis.
PMID: 31450276 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Dermatol Online J - July 14, 2019 Category: Dermatology Authors: Young PM, Leavens J, Gaspard S, Kim G, Armstrong AW Tags: Dermatol Online J Source Type: research