Cover Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association
Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association
ISSN:
8750-7315
Online Publication Date:
Jul 1990

Porokeratosis plantaris discreta. A misnomer

B YanklowitzUniversity of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio.

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L HarklessUniversity of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio.

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https://doi.org/10.7547/87507315-80-7-381
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Eighteen specimens from six patients with so-called porokeratosis plantaris discreta were studied with light and electron microscopy. The diagnosis was based on the classic descriptions by Taub and Steinberg. This study does not corroborate their findings. Based on this study and a review of recent literature, the use of the diagnostic term porokeratosis plantaris discreta should be discontinued.