Keratotic Roofed Papule

They have been considered a distinctentity from primary perforating dermatoses owing to their differences in clinical and histologic presentation from the original descriptions of the primary perforating dermatoses.

Keratotic roofed papule.

The lesions are typically dome shaped papules and nodules with a central keratotic plug. Kp is often described in association with other dry skin conditions. Very few cases of kfsd have been reported in indian literature 1 2 3 we here present a case report of severe form of kfsd a rare cause of scarring alopecia in 2 young indian girls. Seborrhoeic keratoses basal cell papillomas appear as stuck on warty plaques and are very common on the face neck and trunk in those over 40 years of age.

The surface may be waxy or rough. They are most commonly seen on the outer surface of the arms and thighs. There is a familial predisposition in those with hundreds of lesions. We report the case of a 61 year old woman who presented with a long history of multiple symptomatic hyperkeratotic papules on the palms and soles.

Keratosis pilaris is a very common benign heritable disorder of keratinized hair follicles. 1 i it is characterized by grouped horny keratotic follicular papules predominantly located over. Common to these conditions are keratotic follicular papules non purulent inflammation of variable degree irreversible hair loss and or atrophic depression similar to pitted scars. Probably the most recent ones.

Prior treatments included cryotherapy pulsed dye laser and 40 salicylic acid with partial improvement reported but never complete clearance. H e stained skin biopsy specimen from the neck showing a distended follicle with filiform hyperkeratosis and irregular acanthosis of the follicular epithelium c. A girl in her teens presented for evaluation of asymptomatic punctate keratotic papules localized to the right palm and right third proximal finger that had been present since age 2 years. Keratosis punctata palmoplantaris kppp is a rare genodermatosis with an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance.

They do not affect non hair bearing areas such as the palms and soles. Multiple white keratotic spicules on follicular erythematous papules are seen on the neck a and the shoulder b detail. An over all surgeon can disfigure you for stopping.