DARRIERS DISEASE WITH BASAL CELL CARCINOMA: A CASE REPORT
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Anila P Sunandini, Shanti Shanti, Suryanarayana G, Padmasri Somala Y
2015 Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences  
Dariers disease (Keratosis follicularis) is an autosomal dominantly inherited, acantholytic disorder due to mutation in ATP2A2 gene located on chromosome 12. Darriers disease can be localised to a segment due to postzygotic mutations where it is called as segmental darriers. Clinical features of DD include greasy, warty papules and plaques on seborrheic areas, dystrophic nails, palmo-plantar pits and papules on the dorsum of the hands and feet. There is increased predisposition to non-melanoma
more » ... utaneous malignancies in darriers disease. We report a rare case of darriers disease with basal cell carcinoma A, with rapid progression over 4 months into ulcus penetrans with destruction of eye ball.
doi:10.14260/jemds/2015/898 fatcat:liw7rgnz5bfrjplfprhwzmk7om