Biomaterial Database

Reticulate porokeratosis--successful treatment with CO2-laser vaporization. 1992

T Merkle, and U Hohenleutner, and O Braun-Falco, and M Landthaler

Department of Dermatology, University of Munich, Germany.

A 35-year-old male patient affected with extensive, itching skin lesions of reticulate porokeratosis is reported. He was successfully treated by CO2-laser vaporization.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D012867	Skin	The outer covering of the body that protects it from the environment. It is composed of the DERMIS and the EPIDERMIS.
D017499	Porokeratosis	A heritable disorder of faulty keratinization characterized by the proliferation of abnormal clones of KERATINOCYTES and lesions showing varying atrophic patches surrounded by an elevated, keratotic border. These keratotic lesions can progress to overt cutaneous neoplasm. Several clinical variants are recognized, including porokeratosis of Mibelli, linear porokeratosis, disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis, palmoplantar porokeratosis, and punctate porokeratosis.	Porokeratosis Palmaris et Plantaris Disseminata,Porokeratosis of Mibelli,Porokeratosis, Disseminated Superficial Actinic,Porokeratosis, Linear,Porokeratosis, Mibelli,Porokeratosis, Palmoplantar,Porokeratosis, Punctate,Disseminated Superficial Actinic Porokeratosis,Keratoderma Palmoplantar, Punctate Type 2,Porokeratosis Plantaris Palmaris et Disseminata,Porokeratosis Plantaris, Palmaris, Et Disseminata,Porokeratosis, Disseminated Superficial Actinic 2,Porokeratosis, Disseminated Superficial Actinic, 2,Porokeratosis, Palmar, Plantar, And Disseminated 1,Type 2 Punctate PPK,Linear Porokeratosis,Mibelli Porokeratosis,Palmoplantar Porokeratosis,Punctate Porokeratosis
D053685	Laser Therapy	The use of photothermal effects of LASERS to coagulate, incise, vaporize, resect, dissect, or resurface tissue.	Laser Knife,Laser Scalpel,Surgery, Laser,Vaporization, Laser,Laser Ablation,Laser Knives,Laser Photoablation of Tissue,Laser Surgery,Laser Tissue Ablation,Nonablative Laser Treatment,Pulsed Laser Tissue Ablation,Ablation, Laser,Ablation, Laser Tissue,Knife, Laser,Knifes, Laser,Knive, Laser,Knives, Laser,Laser Knifes,Laser Knive,Laser Scalpels,Laser Surgeries,Laser Therapies,Laser Treatment, Nonablative,Laser Treatments, Nonablative,Laser Vaporization,Nonablative Laser Treatments,Scalpel, Laser,Scalpels, Laser,Surgeries, Laser,Therapies, Laser,Therapy, Laser,Tissue Ablation, Laser
D062109	Dermatologic Surgical Procedures	Operative procedures performed on the SKIN.	Cutaneous Surgery,Cutaneous Surgical Procedures,Dermatologic Surgery,Skin Surgery,Cutaneous Surgeries,Cutaneous Surgical Procedure,Dermatologic Surgeries,Dermatologic Surgical Procedure,Procedure, Cutaneous Surgical,Procedure, Dermatologic Surgical,Procedures, Cutaneous Surgical,Procedures, Dermatologic Surgical,Skin Surgeries,Surgeries, Cutaneous,Surgeries, Dermatologic,Surgeries, Skin,Surgery, Cutaneous,Surgery, Dermatologic,Surgery, Skin,Surgical Procedure, Cutaneous,Surgical Procedure, Dermatologic,Surgical Procedures, Cutaneous,Surgical Procedures, Dermatologic