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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.

ker·a·to·der·ma (kr-t-dûrm)
n.
1. A horny covering or growth, especially of the skin.
2. A generalized thickening of the stratum corneum.

keratoderma
hypertrophy of the horny layer of the skin.


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Calluses visually identified as resulting from physical labor and hereditary keratoderma or Darier's disease, identified by visual inspection and family history, were excluded.
When the soles become diffusely thickened and scaled, the condition is called keratoderma blennorrhagicum.
As a possible new skin manifestation observed in TCDD intoxication, the patient exhibited palmoplantar keratoderma (10).
 
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