Familial reactive perforating collagenosis
Author(s) -
YasmeenJ Bhat,
Sheikh Manzoor,
Seema Qayoom,
Roohi Wani,
AsifNazir Baba,
ArshadHussain Bhat
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1998-3611
pISSN - 0019-5154
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5154.57608
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatology , pathology
Reactive perforating collagenosis (RPC) is one of the rare forms of transepidermal elimination in which genetically altered collagen is extruded from the epidermis. This disease usually starts in early childhood as asymptomatic umbilicated papules on extremities, and the lesions become more conspicuous with age.
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