A Turkish patient with Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome.

A 34-year-old woman presented to our outpatient clinic with photosensitivity, photophobia, and facial pruritus (Figure 1). She had brown eyes and fair skin, hair, eyelashes, and eyebrows since birth. Her sister had similar skin and hair pigments.

Clinicopathological features of 25 patients with acquired perforating dermatosis.

Background: Acquired perforating dermatosis (APD) is a rare group of skin disorders characterized by transepidermal elimination of dermal tissue material. There are only a few studies of APD.

Objective: We aimed to review the clinicopathologic features of patients with APD and evaluate the outcomes of treatments.