Porokeratosis of mibelli in transplant recipients.
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.
Komorowski
R A
RA
Department of Pathology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226.
Clowry
L J
LJ
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*