Residents’ corner October 2014. sQUIZ your knowledge!: Hyperkeratotic papules on legs

Abstract

What is your diagnosis (figure 1)? The answer is on the next page.The answer to sQuiz: Hyperkeratosis lenticularis perstans (Flegel disease)Hyperkeratosis lenticularis perstans, also known as Flegel disease, affects both sexes equally and the majority of reports have been in mid-to-older aged white Europeans. Both autosomal dominant and sporadic modes of inheritance have been identified. Clinically, resulting from a defect in keratinization, multiple asymptomatic small red-brown hyperkeratotic scaly [...]