title: Porokeratosis of mibelli in transplant recipients.
abstract: Four of 602 renal and hepatic transplant recipients had porokeratosis of Mibelli develop in the posttransplant period. Porokeratosis is an uncommon, autosomally dominant inherited disorder that presents in adolescence as a proliferation of an abnormal clone of epidermal cells. Clinically, it is characterized by nonhealing plaques that develop most commonly on the limbs. Porokeratosis, a premalignant condition, must be added to the list of potential cutaneous complications seen in immunosuppressed organ transplant recipients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Komorowski
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Clowry
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D007642:Keratosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D007866:Leg; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology*