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Plantar and Palmar Hyperkeratosis in Young Castrated Women
Author(s) -
Wachtel Tom J.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1981.tb04335.x
Subject(s) - medicine , hyperkeratosis , dermatology , keratoderma
Three cases of palmar and plantar hyperkeratosis were observed in young women following bilateral oophorectomy. We found this condition, previously described as keratoderma climactericum, to be completely reversible with estrogen replacement therapy. In patients with hysterectomy in addition to oophorectomy, the major risk of estrogen administration, endometrial cancer, does not apply.