Angiokeratoma Circumscriptum with Transepidermal Elimination.
- Author:
Sang Hyun JIN
1
;
Yae Lee CHUNG
;
Tae Kee MOON
;
Min Geol LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Angiokeratoma circumscriptum;
Transepidermal elimination
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Angiokeratoma*;
Calcinosis;
Dermis;
Granuloma Annulare;
Hand;
Humans;
Necrobiosis Lipoidica;
Nevus;
Porokeratosis;
Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
2000;38(2):258-261
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Transepidermal elimination is a mechanism whereby foreign or altered constituents can be removed from the dermis. The phenomenon of transepidermal elimination may occur as a primary process characterizing disorders such as elastosis perforans serpiginosa, reactive perforating collagenosis and chondrodermatitis nodularis chronica helicis; as well as a secondary process characterizing disorders such as granuloma annulare, necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum, calcinosis cutis, pseudoxanthoma elasticum, spitz nevi, pimented nevi, porokeratosis plantaris discreta and metastatic tumors. A 17-year-old man presented with a 2X2 cm sized well-circumscribed slightly erythematous plaque with some black colored papules on the left dorsum of his hand. The histopathology of the lesion indicated angiokeratoma circumscriptum with transepidermal elimination.
