Carrillo ER, Carrillo CLD, Carrillo CJR

Language: Spanish
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Page: 313-318
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ABSTRACT

Reticulated and confluent papillomatosis is a chronic and recurrent disease that occurs predominantly in young adults and teenagers. Its main characteristics are verrucose papillomatous injuries as brown plaques spreading to thorax, neck and face. Patients go to consultation due to its dermatosis aesthetic effect. It is hard to establish its diagnose (often late), even to dermatologists, due to its low incidence. Clinically, the eruption is often confused with tinea versicolor or acanthosis nigricans. Potassium hydroxide fungus staining is negative in most cases, and minocycline is the gold standard therapy. We report a case of a 17 year-old patient with typical clinical and histological features of this illness; we too review literature and diagnose criteria to this rare disease.