Keratoderma, Palmoplantar, Tinea Pedis, Tinea Corporis - DermAtlas

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Kosman Sadek Zikry, MD

Diagnosis

keratoderma, palmoplantar tinea pedis tinea corporis

Body Site

leg sole

Age

40 days

Pigmentation

dark

Organization

confluent

Color

brown

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

symmetric acral (centripetal - extremity predominant)

Comments

This 40-year-old man with chronic palmar-plantar hyperkeratosis developed recurrent cracking, fissuring, and maceration of the bottom of the toes and web spaces. A potassium hydroxide preparation demonstrated hyphae typical of tinea pedis.

Description

hyperkeratosis of the soles with maceration and crusting of the toes and web spaces

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4/1/2004 8:59:46

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