Background: Keratosis rubra pilaris is a common condition with an estimated percentage of 40% involvement in the population. This condition is inherited as an autosomal dominant trait and more commonly involves patients with dry skin. In the current study, we evaluated the efficacy of intense pulsed light (IPL) plus ammonium lactate versus ammonium lactate alone in the treatmen...

Actinic keratosis is a common skin disorder in elderly patients with fair complexions. It is caused by exposure to ultraviolet light. If left untreated, actinic keratosis may progress to squamous cell carcinoma. The metastatic potential and prognosis vary with the type and location of the lesion. Several approaches to treatment are available, including local destruction, excisional surgery, Moh...

Hidroacanthoma simplex is a benign tumor of the skin, macroscopically resembling seborrheic keratosis or Bowen's disease and histologically mimicking clonal-type seborrheic keratosis. We observed a plaque of 70 × 50 mm on the right flank part. From clinical appearance, we suspected Bowen's disease; however, based on immunohistochemical findings, we made a diagnosis of hidroacanthoma simplex.

Mrs. Q. M. M., 30, noticed " spots " on her throat and tongue four months ago. She was and is quite well: " the tongue felt uncomfortable " and she then saw the spots more or less as they are now?prominent, irregular, greyish masses on either tonsil, mainly round the crypta magna, on the posterior part of the tongue and on the back wall of the pharynx. Some are fully 1 cm. long, others much sma...

Dr. A.R. Verhagen, St. Joseph Hospital, Aalsterweg, Eindhoven (The Netherlands) Dear Sir, In 1964 [1] and 1966 [2], Shrank described ‘keratosis circumscripta’ as a separate entity in Nigeria. Soyinka andLaja [3] suggest that it is a variant of psoriasis. Between 1965 and 1974 we saw a number of patients who fitted Shrank’s description in Kenya, East Africa. About 10 cases were studied and obser...

We report the first example, to our knowledge, of a frictional keratosis from exuberant sucking in a breastfeeding infant. A 2-month-old girl was referred for evaluation of a well-demarcated, nonsloughing white keratotic plaque of the lower lip mucosa, just inside the vermilion border. The plaque had a slightly irregular surface, had no surrounding erythema, and was the only such plaque in the ...