Clinicopathological study of primary cutaneous amyloidosis in a tertiary care center of Eastern India reveals insignificant association with friction, scrubbing, and photo-exposure: How valid is the "keratinocyte hypothesis"?

• Main Authors: Projna Biswas (Author), Dayamay Pal (Author), Abhishek De (Author), Gobinda Chatterjee (Author), Arghyaprasun Ghosh (Author), Sudip Das (Author), Pijush Kanti Das (Author), Aarti Sarda (Author), Sumit Sen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Introduction: Primary cutaneous amyloidosis (PCA) can be classified into four principal categories: macular amyloidosis, lichen amyloidosis, biphasic, and nodular amyloidosis. Some unusual variants such as widespread diffuse hyperpigmentation without papules, poikiloderma like involvement, lesions f...