Depapillated tongue with keratotic papules: What’s your diagnosis?

Keratotic papules of palms and soles

A 40-year-old white Caucasian woman presented with a 20-year history of asymptomatic lesions on palmoplantar regions. Physical examination revealed numerous keratotic papules with crateriform holes on the palms (Figure 1) and yellow pits over the areas of soles exposed to pressure (Figure 2). Her father reported the same skin signs but he was less severely affected. The patient displayed no sys...

Keratotic Papules and Scars in a Young Boy

DOI: 10.4103/0019‐5154.190112 A 7-year-old, Indian boy, born out of consanguineous parentage, presented with multiple scars on his face for the past 2 years and a few raised pruritic skin eruptions over different parts of his body for the same duration. His grandfather reportedly had similar kind of lesions. On examination, we found multiple well-defined, shallow, atrophic scars over his face. ...

Symmetrical Keratotic Papules on the Hands: A Quiz.

Quiz : A middle aged lady with annular athrophic papules and plaques on her back: What is your diagnosis?

A 51 year old woman was referred to dermatology clinic with multiple asymptomatic erythematus papules and plaques on her back, which she had developed over the previous 2 months ago. In the dermatological examination, there were multiple atrophic papules with hypopigmented centers and sharp borders on her back, some of which were annular with elevated violaceous borders (Figures 1, 2). Fu...

Red papules on the tongue of a patient with hemiparesis.

A39-year-oldwomanhadanacuteonsetofheadache, increasingrightside hemiparesis, and numbness with fever. Computed tomography (CT) of the brain showed a ring-enhanced lesion with surrounding edemaon the left frontoparietal lobe.Multiple red papules on the tongue (Figure 1), trunk, and limbs were noted during the physical examination. The patient stated she had not noticed the red papules before. Th...