International Journal of STD & AIDS > Volume 18, Number 12 > Pp. 867-868

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Case reports

Papular acantholytic dyskeratosis presenting as genital warts

Fiona Browne, Helen Keane, Maureen Walsh and Raymond Maw

Department of Genitourinary Medicine, Royal Victoria Hospital, Grosvenor Road, Belfast BT12 6HB, UK; Department of Genitourinary Medicine, Royal Victoria Hospital, Grosvenor Road, Belfast BT12 6HB, UK; Department of Pathology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Grosvenor Road, Belfast BT12 6HB, UK; Department of Genitourinary Medicine, Royal Victoria Hospital, Grosvenor Road, Belfast BT12 6HB, UK

A 24-year-old woman presented with genital warts which did not respond to treatment. Biopsy confirmed changes in keeping with a diagnosis of Darier's disease. The patient, however, had no other manifestations of Darier's disease, i.e. family history of skin disease, nail changes or other skin site involvement. We propose that this patient has a form of Darier's disease called genital papular acantholytic dyskeratosis.

Key Words: DARIER'S DISEASE • GENITAL WARTS • ACANTHOLYTIC DYSKERATOSIS

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