dmcr

Dermatology Case Reports

ISSN - 2684-124X

Abstract

Multiple Keratoacanthomas Developing After Chronic Azathioprine Exposure: A Case Report

Serena X. Zhang*, Elizabeth A. Taylor and Nicholas F. Logemann

Azathioprine is an immunosuppressive agent that poses an increased risk of developing squamous cell carcinomas to include the self-involuting squamous cell carcinoma variant, a keratoacanthoma. The development of multiple keratoacanthomas is considered rare and there are limited reports in the literature of multiple keratoacanthomas developing in patients after exposure to azathioprine. We present a case of multiple keratoacanthomas developing after 28 years of azathioprine use in a patient without any genetic predisposition.

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