Scaly skin conditions

Links to DermNet's pages about skin diseases that have excessive scale or flaking.

Solitary scaly lesions	Scaly scalp	Scaly patches on the face
Actinic (solar) keratoses Basal cell carcinoma (superficial) Bowen disease (intraepidermal squamous cell carcinoma) Squamous cell carcinoma Keratoacanthoma	Pityriasis amiantacea Cradle cap Seborrhoeic dermatitis Scalp psoriasis Tinea capitis Cutaneous lupus erythematosus Seborrhoeic dermatitis	Seborrhoeic dermatitis Facial psoriasis Atopic dermatitis Lupus erythematosus Pityriasis alba
Scaly patches on arms & legs	Scaly skin folds	Scaly patches on trunk
Pityriasis alba Disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis Porokeratosis of Mibelli Keratosis circumscripta Flegel disease Kyrle disease Lichen striatus Pellagra	Intertrigo Seborrhoeic dermatitis Flexural psoriasis Erythrasma Confluent and reticulated papillomatosis Granular parakeratosis	Pityriasis rosea Darier disease Grover disease Pityriasis versicolor
Scaly patches anywhere or everywhere	Scaly palms and soles
Dry skin Dermatitis (Eczema) Atopic dermatitis (eczema) Tinea infections Psoriasis Lichen planus Ichthyosis Netherton syndrome Collodion baby Chronic superficial scaly dermatosis (parapsoriasis) Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma Erythrokeratoderma Pityriasis lichenoides Pityriasis rotunda Pityriasis rubra pilaris Reiter syndrome Subcorneal pustular dermatosis (Sneddon Wilkinson disease) Secondary syphilis	Cracked heels Corns & calluses Juvenile plantar dermatosis Exfoliative keratolysis Pompholyx Palmoplantar psoriasis Keratoderma Acquired keratoderma Diffuse hereditary keratoderma Pachyonychia congenita Parakeratosis pustulosa Punctate keratoderma Focal hereditary keratoderma Acrokeratoelastoidosis Porokeratotic eccrine ostial dermal duct naevus

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Scaly skin conditions