Reactive perforating collagenosis
Journal: International Journal of Advances in Medicine (Vol.1, No. 1)Publication Date: 2014-05-01
Authors : K. S. Dhillon; Uroos Fatima; Isha Singh; Tarunveer Singh; Tanu Gupta; Nawed Khan; Krati R. Varshney; Rakhee Sharma;
Page : 49-51
Keywords : Reactive perforating collagenosis; Diabetes mellitus; Chronic renal failure;
Abstract
Reactive Perforating Collagenosis (RPC) is a rare disease of elimination of altered collagen through the epidermis. The disease exists in childhood form with autosomal recessive mode of inheritance and an adult form acquired in association with diseases such as Diabetes Mellitus (DM), Chronic Renal Failure (CRF), hypothyroidism, lymphoma, hyperparathyroidism, neurodermatitis, AIDS, pulmonary fibrosis, scabies and herpes zoster infection.
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