New lesions on the knees with palmoplantar keratoderma.

Author(s): Guldbakke KK, Millina C, Thompson TR

Affiliation(s): Harvard University Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Publication date & source: 2007-01, Cutis., 79(1):55-6, 63.

Publication type: Case Reports

A 40-year-old Latin American woman presented for evaluation with a 5-week history of redness, thickened skin, and itching of the knees, as well as persistent redness and thickened skin of the palms and soles consistent with Papillon-Lefevre syndrome (PLS). The article discusses the clinical presentation and treatment of PLS.