CHANGES OF VERRUCIFORM XANTHOMA IN AN HIV-1-DISEASE( PATIENT WITH DIFFUSE PSORIASIFORM SKIN)

Verruciform xanthoma occurs most commonly in the oral mucosa; however, rare cutaneous lesions have been described. Although the pathogenesis of this entity is not known, dysregulation of epithelial proliferatio n and degenerative changes in the epithelium may explain the occurrenc e of this lesion in association with inflammatory dermatoses, epitheli al hamartomas, and epithelial dysplasia. We report an HIV-1+ patient w ith diffuse psoriasiform skin lesions that showed histologic changes o f verruciform xanthoma.