title: Disseminated giant porokeratosis and porokeratosis of Mibelli in Bankura and Bardhaman districts, West Bengal, India.
abstract: Porokeratosis of Mibelli (PM) is a rare genodermatosis. It is caused by proliferation of abnormal clones of epidermal cells in response to several stimuli, the most important of which is sunlight. Giant porokeratosis is thought to be a variant of PM. We report two cases of disseminated PM and one case of disseminated giant porokeratosis from the Bankura and Bardhaman districts of West Bengal in India; presenting to a single observer in the summer of 2012. Interestingly we have noted that the majority of cases of porokeratosis in India have been reported from West Bengal. Few patients with a single lesion of giant porokeratosis have been reported in world literature. As far as we know, this is the first case report of disseminated giant porokeratosis in world literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, North Bengal Medical College, Darjeeling, India.
authors.forename: Sankha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koley
authors.forename: Rajesh Kumar
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Mandal
authors.forename: Chittaranjan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000505:Alopecia / Q000209:etiology; D004483:Ectropion / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017499:Porokeratosis / Q000473:pathology*; D035583:Rare Diseases; D013472:Sunlight / Q000009:adverse effects