Darier Disease, Keratosis Follicularis - DermAtlas

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Yahia Albaili, DO

Diagnosis

Darier disease keratosis follicularis

Body Site

breast chest

Age

28 years

Pigmentation

medium

Organization

Color

brown purple

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

symmetric localized

Comments

This 28-year-old man with a 2 year history of a progressive disseminated papulosquamous eruption developed thick scaly thickening of the nipple and areola. A skin biopsy of the areola demonstrated the characteristic changes of keratosis follicularis.

Description

thick scaly purple plaque on a background of diffuse scaly papules

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8/24/2004 22:30:31

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