Catalog

Arsenical keratosis

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Arsenical keratosis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1592305027

Arsenical keratoses manifest as multiple punctate hyperkeratotic papules located preferentially on the palms and soles as the result of chronic arsenic poisoning. They may eventuate into invasive squamous cell carcinoma and may act as a pointer to arsenic as the underlying cause of in situ and invasive squamous cell carcinoma elsewhere on the skin.