Conditions / Syndrome

palmoplantar keratoderma and congenital alopecia 1

info ยท Syndrome

An ectodermal dysplasia characterized by autosomal dominant inheritance of severe hyperkeratosis, congenital alopecia, and in some patients nail anomalies that has_material_basis_in heterozygous mutation in GJA1 on 6q22.31.

Signs and symptoms

  • Alopecia
  • Brittle hair
  • Palmoplantar erythema
  • Nail dysplasia
  • Sparse eyebrow
  • Sparse hair
  • Keratosis pilaris
  • Hyperpigmentation of the skin
  • Plantar hyperkeratosis
  • Palmoplantar keratoderma

Also known as: PPK-CA, Stevanovic type; PPKCA Stevanovic type; PPKCA1; autosomal dominant palmoplantar hyperkeratosis and congenital alopecia; autosomal dominant palmoplantar keratoderma and congenital alopecia