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Arsenic Keratosis

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appear 20 or more years after chronic arsenic ingestion
may degenerate into SCC
most common on palms and soles

 

Fowlers solution (potassium arsenite solution):

pentavalent, inorganic arsenic
to treat psoriasis etc…
also increased risk of bladder cancer

 

changes in pigmentation:

small, round, white macules on a hyperpigmented background
“rain drops on a dusty road”