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Hyperkeratosis (palms and soles)

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May be associated with chronic itching and scratching e.g. secondary to eczema.

Other causes include:

  • bare-foot walking
  • secondary syphilis
  • keratoderma blennorrhagicum of Reiter's disease
  • hypovitaminosis A
  • chronic arsenic poisoning

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