Table 1. Acquired PPK

Inflammatory and reactive dermatoses

Eczema

Psoriasis

Lichen Planus

Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris

Lupus Erythematosus

 

Infectious Causes

Dermatophyte

Human Papilloma Virus

HIV Infection

Tuberculosis (especially Miliary TB)

Syphilis

Scabies

Yaws

Leprosy

Keratoderma blenorrhagicum (Reiter Syndrome): Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhea, Campylobacter jejuni, Shigella flexneri, Salmonella typhimurium, Salmonella enteritidis, Streptococcus viridans, Mycoplasma pneumonia, Cyclospora, Yersinia enterocolitica, and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

 

Drugs

Chronic Arsenic Exposure

Manifestation of hypersensitivity: Lodine

Other possible drugs:  Mepacrine, proguanil, fluorouracil, venlafaxine, mexiletine, methyldopa, lithium, gold, tegafur, verapamil, imatinib, bleomycin, hydroxyurea, glucan, practolol, capecitabine, quinacrine, etodolac, and doxorubicin

 

Cutaneous Features of Systemic Disease

Myxedema

Diabetes Mellitus

Chronic Lymphedema

Nutritional deficiencies

 

Keratoderma Associated With Malignancy

CTCL by direct infiltration

As a paraneoplastic phenomenon

 

Other

Keratoderma Climactericum

Aquagenic Keratoderma

 

* Adapted from Gruber PC, Ratnavel R.  Keratosis Palmaris et Plantaris
eMedicine Journal [serial online].  2009.  Available at:
http://www.emedicine.com/derm/topic589.htm.  Accessed March 30, 2010.