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palmoplantar keratoderma
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keratoderma /ker·a·to·der·ma/ (ker″ah-to-der´mah)
1. hypertrophy of the stratum corneum of the skin.
2. a horny skin or covering.

keratoderma blennorrha´gicum  pustular psoriasis associated with gonorrhea.
keratoderma climacte´ricum  an acquired form on the palms and soles, sometimes with fissuring of the thickened patches, in perimenopausal women.
palmoplantar keratoderma  congenital, hereditary thickening of the skin of the palms and soles, sometimes with painful fissuring; often associated with other anomalies.

pal·mo·plan·tar keratoderma (plm-plntr, -tär, pälm-, päm-)
n.
An inherited disorder in which diffuse or patchy areas of hypertrophy occur symmetrically and bilaterally on the horny layer of the epidermis on the palms and soles.


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