Clear cell papulosis of the skin.
Clear cell papulosis is a newly described entity first described in 1987. The disease, characterized clinically by multiple small whitish maculopapular lesions, shows scattered clear cells within the basal keratinocytes that are immunoreactive for antibodies against cytokeratin, carcinoembryonic antigen, epithelial membrane antigen, and gross cystic fluid protein-15 on histologic examination. To date, only 10 cases have been reported; all were young children below the age of 4 years. We report a case of clear cell papulosis in a 46-year-old Indian woman.
Mohanty
Sambit K
SK
Department of Histopathology and Dermatology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education Research, Chandigarh, India.
Arora
Rajan
R
Kakkar
Nandita
N
Kumar
Bhusan
B
D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen / Q000378:metabolism; D003896:Desmosomes / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004817:Epidermis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007633:Keratins / Q000378:metabolism; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008875:Middle Aged; D018396:Mucin-1 / Q000378:metabolism; D017444:Skin Diseases, Papulosquamous / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*
D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen; D018396:Mucin-1; D007633:Keratins