A case of acquired reactive perforating collagenosis with diabetes mellitus and renal failure

Abstract

Reactive perforating collagenosis is a rare disease of elimination of altered collagen through the epidermis. Its synonym is collagenoma perforans verruciforme. The disease exists especially with diabetes mellitus and chronic renal failure and also with hyperparathyroidism, hypothyroidism, lymphoma, malignancy, neurodermatitis, liver disease, atopic dermatitis, scabies, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, pulmonary fibrosis and herpes zoster infection. In the review of literature, we present a case with acquired reactive perforating collagenosis associated with diabetes mellitus and renal failure.