Keratosis, Stucco, Keratosis, Seborrheic - DermAtlas

Contributor

Stelios Mina, MD

Diagnosis

keratosis, stucco keratosis, seborrheic

Body Site

leg foot

Age

72 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

scattered

Color

skin color gray white/hypo

Morphology

papule

Pattern

symmetric acral (centripetal - extremity predominant)

Comments

This 72-year-old man demonstrates multiple small asymptomatic keratoses which were disseminated on his legs.

Description

multiple, symmetric, 1-3 mm flat topped scaly skin colored to grayish-white papules A 63-year-old-man presented multiple small, pale, round in shape, sharply demarcated keratotic papula and plaques on the lower extremities which had appeared 5 years before; they were surrounded by a thin hyperkeratotic border and were asymptomatic. The patient had a slight immunodepression, a sign commonly described in cases of stucco keratosis. The patient was treated with Lac-Hydrin (12% ammonium lactate) in alternation with 5% salicylic acid with fine results.

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11/10/2007 19:31:09

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