Keratoderma blenorrhagica

Keratoderma blenorrhagica following Reiter's disease; report of a case successfully treated with massive doses of penicillin.

A man aged 43 years, who was admitted to this hospital on Aug. 23, 1947, said that he had been quite well until 1938 when he was taken ill and treated in Coventry Hospital for acute rheumatism. Questioning, however, disclosed that the illness had consisted of conjunctivitis, -polyarthritis, and fever; there was no history of urethritis. After a year or so in hospital he was discharged with a co...

Kertoderma Blenorrhagica

Keratodermia Blenorrhagica

The cutaneous eruptions which follow on gonococcal infection were first mentioned by Pedoux in 1872, and may be divided into five main groups: (1) Gonococcal Ulcers; (2) Erethema; (3) Urticaria; (4) Haemorrhage and Bullous Dermatitis; (5) Hyperkeratosis. With the exception of the first group all are toxic manifestations, and occur only in very severe cases of infection, and often with an associ...

Keratoderma blennorrhagica.

Coelho I, et al. BMJ Case Rep 2017. doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-222475 Description A 26-year-old woman, previously healthy, that a month ago started complaining of pain in the soles of both feet, which followed, additionally, to the right knee, the left knee, left elbow and right shoulder. She reported morning stiffness exceeding 1 hour that decreased with physical activity, worsened with rest, but im...

Spiny keratoderma.

We present a case of a 48-year-old man with an approximately 30-year history of spiny projections on the palms, which were histopathologically consistent with spiny keratoderma. Spiny keratoderma is a rare entity of unknown etiology that has been described with both hereditary and acquired variants. The hereditary form, which is most likely the diagnosis in our patient, manifests at a younger a...