Keratosis Pilaris - DermAtlas - Dermatology Image Atlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

keratosis pilaris

Body Site

arm

Age

19 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

Color

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

Comments

A 19 year old woman complained of dry scaly sandpaper like papules on the extensor surfaces of her upper arms and thighs. She had these papules for as long as she could remember, and her mother had similar lesions. She improved somewhat with lactic acid containing topical emollients.

Description

sandpaper like follicular papules

Image Added

9/3/2001 20:15:44

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