Keratose palmoplantaris diffusa circumscripta

Last Updated: 2019-08-26

Author(s): Anzengruber F., Navarini A.

ICD11: -

Trost 1880

Unna 1883

Körner 1901

  • Keratosis plamoplantaris diffusa 
  • Keratosis plamoplantaris diffusa Typ Vörner
  • Epidermolytische palmoplantare Hyperkeratose

Most common hereditary palmoplantar keratosis.

1:100.000

Autosomal dominant inheritance.

Mutation in the genes keratin 1 and 9.

Laterally blurred, erythematous, thick hyperkeratotic plaques covering the Palmae and Plantae.

There may also be isolated lateral blisters.

Nail changes are described.

Anamnesis.

Clinic.

Biopsy.

Genetic analysis.

Hyperkeratosis, acanthosis.

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