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. 2025 Apr 1;16(3):510-511.
doi: 10.4103/idoj.idoj_429_24. eCollection 2025 May-Jun.

An Unusual Presentation of Verrucous Porokeratosis on Face

C Navya Suvidha  1 , C Karishni  1 , B Anil Kumar  1 , C Sudharani  1
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An Unusual Presentation of Verrucous Porokeratosis on Face

C Navya Suvidha et al. Indian Dermatol Online J. .
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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
(a) Multiple brown, well-defined, soft, verrucous papules and plaques were present on the left temporal area of the forehead and left eyebrow. (b) A single well-defined plaque with a hyperkeratotic border and central atrophy was present on the outer canthus of the left eye
Figure 2
Figure 2
Non-polarized, dermoscopy showing hyperkeratotic peripheral rim with central atrophy (marked with arrow) in a few lesions (10X, Dermaindia Dermoscope)
Figure 3
Figure 3
(a) Hyperkeratosis, papillomatosis, parakeratotic epithelial columns with multiple confluent cornoid lamellae (marked with arrow). The superficial dermis showed mild lymphocytic infiltrate. (H and E 10×), (b) Parakeratotic epithelial columns with coronoid lamellae (marked with arrow). (H and E 40×)
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