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Horny Excrescences on the Hands
Hongmin Xu, MD;
Hui Yin, MD;
Jun Xi, MD;
Gang Wang, MD;
Ruiyao Yu, MD;
John R. Goellner, MD
Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China (Drs Xu, Yin, Xi, Wang,
and Yu), and Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn (Dr Goellner)
Arch Dermatol. 2002;138:405-410.
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REPORT OF A CASE
A 30-year-old man presented with a 15-year history of asymptomatic hyperkeratotic
palmar and plantar plaques. The eruption initally appeared on his left palm.
Over time, similar plaques appeared on his hands, feet, and scalp, with more
severe plaques on the palms, resulting in limitation in hand mobility. The
patient, a farmer, had no other complaints or history of major illness and
had not taken any medication.
On physical examination, gray-yellow, papillary, horny excrescences,
which had an unpleasant odor, were seen on the hands, more extensively on
the palms (the lesions covered a total area of 18.0 x 11.5 cm on the
left palm and 15.0 x 9.0 cm on the right palm). The skin underlying
the lesions was thickened and erythematous. The left palm was almost completely
covered with hard horny . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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