Genital porokeratosis.
We report on a negroid male suffering from porokeratosis of the scrotum. Porokeratosis in the genital area is rare, as is its occurrence in negroid people. In our patient, we found an asymptomatic non-HIV associated immunosuppression. In this case, the disease might be called porokeratosis of Mibelli. The diagnosis should be suspected in patients not belonging to one of the classical at-risk ethnical groups if the skin lesions seem typical.
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Department of Dermatology, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy. luigilanin0@virgilio.it
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D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017499:Porokeratosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012611:Scrotum / Q000473:pathology*