Spiny keratoderma: The gritty tale
Spiny keratoderma is a rare disease; first described by Brown as “punctuate keratoderma”. It is characterized by asymptomatic keratotic pin point papules over palms and soles, resembling the old fashioned music box spine. The spiny spicules are often misdiagnosed and has a very subtle histopathologi...
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| author | Astuty Apurwa Chirag Desai Shweta Agarwal Sharmila Patil |
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| description | Spiny keratoderma is a rare disease; first described by Brown as “punctuate keratoderma”. It is characterized by asymptomatic keratotic pin point papules over palms and soles, resembling the old fashioned music box spine. The spiny spicules are often misdiagnosed and has a very subtle histopathological difference from punctate porokeratosis. With only less than 40 cases reported worldwide, we report our case as the very few mentioned in Indian literature. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-79c9fafbf9a04addb00e3ee57723ae362022-12-22T02:16:30ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Dermatopathology and Diagnostic Dermatology2349-60292349-60292018-01-015212412610.4103/ijdpdd.ijdpdd_41_18Spiny keratoderma: The gritty taleAstuty ApurwaChirag DesaiShweta AgarwalSharmila PatilSpiny keratoderma is a rare disease; first described by Brown as “punctuate keratoderma”. It is characterized by asymptomatic keratotic pin point papules over palms and soles, resembling the old fashioned music box spine. The spiny spicules are often misdiagnosed and has a very subtle histopathological difference from punctate porokeratosis. With only less than 40 cases reported worldwide, we report our case as the very few mentioned in Indian literature.http://www.ijdpdd.com/article.asp?issn=2349-6029;year=2018;volume=5;issue=2;spage=124;epage=126;aulast=ApurwaGritty palmmusic box dermatosesspiny keratoderma |
| spellingShingle | Astuty Apurwa Chirag Desai Shweta Agarwal Sharmila Patil Spiny keratoderma: The gritty tale Indian Journal of Dermatopathology and Diagnostic Dermatology Gritty palm music box dermatoses spiny keratoderma |
| title | Spiny keratoderma: The gritty tale |
| title_full | Spiny keratoderma: The gritty tale |
| title_fullStr | Spiny keratoderma: The gritty tale |
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| title_short | Spiny keratoderma: The gritty tale |
| title_sort | spiny keratoderma the gritty tale |
| topic | Gritty palm music box dermatoses spiny keratoderma |
| url | http://www.ijdpdd.com/article.asp?issn=2349-6029;year=2018;volume=5;issue=2;spage=124;epage=126;aulast=Apurwa |
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