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Mutilating palmoplantar keratoderma with periorificial keratotic plaques (Olmsted's syndrome)
Author(s) -
ATHERTON D.J.,
SUTTON CAROLINE,
JONES B.M.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1990.tb08271.x
Subject(s) - palmoplantar keratoderma , keratoderma , dermatology , medicine , etretinate , hyperkeratosis , dyskeratosis , psoriasis
SUMMARY We report the case of a boy, now aged 4 years, with a progressive, painful and disabling palmoplantar keratoderma, associated with well‐defined hyperkeratotic plaques around the mouth and nostrils. His mother has an identical palmoplantar keratoderma. The palmoplantar keratoderma failed to improve with etretinate, but considerable benefit resulted from full‐thickness excision of the skin of both palms, followed by skin grafting. We believe that he has a distinctive but extremely rare form of hereditary palmoplantar keratoderma, first described by Olmsted.