Epidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma

What it is

A rare, non-syndromic, hereditary palmoplantar keratoderma characterized by diffuse, yellowish, thick hyperkeratosis of the palms and soles with a sharp demarcation at the volar border and an erythematous margin, and the epidermolytic pattern of changes on the skin biopsy, including perinuclear vacuolization, granular degeneration of keratinocytes in the spinous and granular layer, and tonofilament aggregates. Painful fissures and hyperhidrosis are frequently associated.

Key facts

Prevalence

1-9 / 100 000 (Ireland)

Age of onset

Infancy, Neonatal

Inheritance

Autosomal dominant

Classified as

Disease

Prevalence figures describe populations, not individuals, and are often estimates from a single study. Where the figure is an incidence or a birth prevalence, it says so.

Signs and symptoms

These ranges are how often a sign appears across everyone diagnosed, not a prediction for one person — most people have some of these and not others. Orphanet also records findings that are specifically absent in this disease; those are in the data but not listed here.

Genes

ICD-10 codes

ICD-10 has no distinct code for most rare diseases, so many are filed under the nearest available one. A shared code identifies the group, not this disease — the ORPHAcode above is what identifies it.

Related health topics

Reached through the ICD-10 categories this disease is filed under, so these describe the broader group rather than this disease specifically.

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