A Case of Papular Acantholytic Dermatosis Localized to the Anogenital Area.
- Author:
Shin Jung JUE
1
;
Jun Ho KIM
;
Young Suck RO
;
Chang Woo LEE
;
Jae Hong KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. romio@hanyang.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Papular acantholytic dermatosis;
Anogenital area
- MeSH:
Acantholysis;
Blister;
Darier Disease;
Female;
Humans;
Lichen Planus;
Middle Aged;
Pemphigus, Benign Familial;
Skin;
Skin Diseases*
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
2002;40(9):1121-1124
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Papular acantholytic dermatosis localized to the anogenital area is clinically characterized by discrete and grouped papules confined to the anogenital area. Histologically, it shows suprabasal acantholysis resembling that observed in familial benign chronic pemphigus or Darier's disease. However, lack of family history and characteristic skin lesions at other body sites help to distinguish it from those conditions. We describe a 53-year-old woman with unusual asymptomatic, grouped papular lesions on the left perianal area, resembling lichen planus, clinically and familial benign chronic pemphigus, histologically. We think the findings of our patient may represent a distinct acantholytic eruption that should be distinguished from other generalized blistering acantholytic dyskeratotic disorders that may also involve the anogenital area.
