title: Elephantine Psoriasis with Papillomatosis and Alternating Hypogranulosis and Hypergranulosis.
abstract: Psoriasis is a disease of considerable clinical and histopathological diversity. We report a rare case of elephantine psoriasis responding very well to methotrexate. Histopathology revealed abnormal papillomatosis with finger-like projections in addition to alternating orthokeratosis with overlying hypergranulosis and parakeratosis with overlying hypogranulosis. We believe that this finding may represent an odd histopathologic type in elephantine psoriasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, B. S. Medical College, Bankura, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Sankha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koley
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Dept of North Bengal Medical College, Susrutanagar, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Rajesh Kumar
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Mandal
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, B. S. Medical College, Bankura, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Kingshuk
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, B. S. Medical College, Bankura, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Sk Masud
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Hassan
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, BS Medical College, Bankura, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Swapan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pathak
keywords: Elephantine psoriasis; ILVEN; hypergranulosis; hypogranulosis; papillomatosis