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Will Sorey, MD

Diagnosis

keratosis pilaris

Body Site

arm

Age

9 years

Pigmentation

dark

Organization

grouped, clustered

Color

white/hypo

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

symmetric acral (centripetal - extremity predominant)

Comments

A 9 year old girl had a lifelong history of sandpaper-like papules on the back of her arms. Although they were not symptomatic, they became red every winter. Many other family members had similar skin lesions.

Description

symmetric 1-2 mm papules

Categories

papulosquamous eruptions

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1/29/2002 16:26:44

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