Ann Dermatol.  2018 Dec;30(6):729-730. 10.5021/ad.2018.30.6.729.

Darier's Disease Appearing as Pityriasis Amiantacea

• Yang MY
• Park SM
• Lee HJ
• Jin H
• You HS
• Shim WH
• Kim HS
• Ko HC
• Kim MB
• Kim BS
• Kim GW

• KMID: 2428934
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5021/ad.2018.30.6.729

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Darier Disease*
Pityriasis*

Figure

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  Fig. 1 (A) Asbestos-like, adherent scales on the scalp. (B) Loss of follicular orifices in trichoscopy. (C~E) Scaly, warty papules that coalesce to form plaques on face, upper chest, back. (F) Yellowish dystrophic toenails with severe subungual hyperkeratosis, thickened nail plate. (G) Hyperkeratotic plaques with keratin-filled pits covering almost entire surfaces of both soles. (H) Hyperkeratosis, acanthosis, papillomatosis in epidermis, and moderate perivascular inflammatory infiltrate in dermis (H&E, ×40). (I, J) Suprabasal clefts, and dyskeratotic cells that shows small pyknotic nucleus and clear perinuclear halo (H&E: I, ×200; J, ×400).

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