Palmoplantar and disseminated porokeratosis: immunohistochemical study
Valcuende Cavero, F.; Ramírez Bosca, A.; Martínez Ojeda, L.; Torres Peris, V.; Castells Rodellas, A.
Medicina Cutanea Ibero-Latino-Americana 17(5): 277-281
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0210-5187 PMID: 2533647 Document Number: 332844
We present a new case of porokeratosis plantaris palmaris et disseminata (PPPD), observe in it a histological picture of cornoid lamella in palms, soles, arms, legs and trunk. In this dermatosis, mediant lectins and involucrin to establish keratinocytes alteration. The immunohistochemical studies have reveals not normal formation in the envelope cornea, and fundamentally D-galactose show a marked diminution in the cell membrane.