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Transepidermal elimination of urate-like crystals: a new perforating disorder?
T W Lucke1, M E Fallowfield, A Evans
1Department of Dermatology, University of Glasgow, Western Infirmary, Glasgow G11 6NT, UK. reg@sgderm.demon.co.uk
The British Journal of Dermatology
|September 1, 1999
Abstract:
We report two men who developed a transient perforating disorder characterized by transepidermal elimination of negatively birefringent needle-shaped crystals similar to monosodium urate. This striking clinical presentation has not previously been described and we propose that it be added to the group of diseases known as the primary perforating disorders.