ARSENICAL KERATOSIS AND EPITELIOMA.*

Arsenical keratosis secondary to Fowler solution

SCC: squamous cell carcinoma INTRODUCTION Chronic arsenic exposure is rare in developed nations. The few cases of arsenical keratosis in the United States have primarily been attributed to occupational and medicinal exposures. Here, we describe a case of an elderly man in whom arsenical keratoses and cutaneous cancers developed decades after being treated with oral Fowler solution, for the trea...

Arsenical keratosis caused by medication: a case report and literature.

Medication-induced arsenical keratosis is a rare type of arsenical keratosis. We describe here a case of 70-year-old man to explore the clinical characters, diagnosis and treatment of medication-induced arsenical keratosis in order to improve the understanding of this disease and reduce the misdiagnosis rate. The clinical characters, signs, lab findings as well as progression, diagnosis and tre...

Arsenical polyneuropathy due to caustic arsenical paste.

Arsenical Neuritis

use of impure acids containing arsenic used for the manufacture of glucose and " invert" sugar. The number of cases amounted to over 6,000 and of deaths to at least 70. Many deaths returned as due to, "alcoholic neuritis" "alcoholism," "locomotor ataxy," &c., were probably caused by arsenical poisoning. Since the exposure of the cause of the outbreak and discontinuance of the use of impure acid...

Randomized double-blind trial to evaluate the effectiveness of topical administration of propylene glycol in arsenical palmer keratosis

Keratosis, one of the earliest skin manifestations of arsenicosis, can be treated by either oral or topical formulation of drug. In this study we examined the effectiveness and tolerance of propylene glycol for the treatment of arsenical palmer keratosis. Sixty patients of arsenicosis with palmer keratoses were randomly divided into three groups and different concentrations (15, 30 and 45%) of ...