Identification of Human Papilloma Virus Type 6 in Psoriasiform Keratosis


Sezer E., Boeer A., Falk T.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF DERMATOPATHOLOGY, vol.32, no.5, pp.492-494, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 32 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2010
  • Doi Number: 10.1097/dad.0b013e3181c62245
  • Journal Name: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF DERMATOPATHOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.492-494
  • Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Psoriasiform keratosis is a recently reported unique clinicopathological entity characterized by the appearance of a solitary lesion mimicking seborrheic keratosis, actinic keratosis, or squamous cell carcinoma and histopathologic features closely resembling psoriasis. We report a 74-year-old woman presenting with a solitary, scaly lesion on the dorsum of the left arm of several months duration and histopathologic findings of psoriasiform acanthosis of the epidermis with thinning of the suprapapillary plates and intra-epidermal spongiform neutrophilic pustules, consistent with a diagnosis of psoriasiform keratosis. On additional work-up investigation, human papilloma virus type 6 was detected in the tissue examined by polymerase chain reaction technique, an association not described before.