title: Congenital facial linear porokeratosis.
abstract: We report a unique case of congenital linear porokeratosis with exclusive facial involvement in a 27-year-old Chinese man. No other family member was affected. To our knowledge, this is the first report in the English literature of congenital linear porokeratosis confined to the face.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Z H
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Xiang
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Z Z
authors.initials: ZZ
authors.lastname: Zheng
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D005148:Facial Dermatoses / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017499:Porokeratosis / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology