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Kaposi Syndrome

Etiology: 
 

Cause: HHV-8 

 

Description: violaceous lesions 

 

Location: LE, face, nose + hard palate

Kawasaki Disease

Etiology: 
 

Medium-vessel vasculitis

 

Description: polymorphous / morbilliform (measles like) / targetoid skin lesions -> desquamating rash (peeling of extremities)

 

Location: trunk and extremities 

Keloid

Etiology: 
 

Cause: dysregulation of the normal healing process resulting in excessive production of collagen, elastin, proteoglycans, and extracellular matrix proteins

 

Description: Purplish-red, firm, smooth, and raised; can occur years after injury and grows beyond the initiating wound area

Keratoacanthoma (KA)

Etiology: 
 

Cause: UV light + carcinogens

 

Description: dome shaped nodules that rapidly grows in 4-6 weeks; spontaneously regresses in most cases (50%)

Keratoderma Blennorrhagica

Etiology: 
 

Associated with: reactive arthritis (Chlamydia)

 

Description: painless desquamative psoriatic-like papulosquamous eruption 

 

Location: commonly found on the palms + soles but may spread to the scrotum, scalp, + trunk

Keratosis Pilaris (KP)

Etiology: 
 

Cause: abnormal keratinization of the upper portion lining of the hair follicle

 

Description: ‘goosebump’ or ‘chicken skin’ appearance

 

Location: most common on posterior arms

Keratosis spinulosa

Etiology: 

KID Syndrome

Etiology: 
 

  • Associated conditions: blindness, alopecia, deafness

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