Syn.: Red hepatic palms, erythema palmare et plantare symptomaticum.
Def.: Reddening of the hands and sometimes also the feet in the course of liver diseases.
Epid .: It occurs at any age, more often in the elderly.
Etiol .: Coexists with chronic liver dysfunction.
Lock: The skin of the hands, less often the feet.
Wedge: Redness of the hands, and in a few cases also the feet. The changes are acquired in nature and accompany chronic liver disorders. An additional symptom is changes in the nail plates – milky color or numerous striations.
DR: Family erythema of hands and feet, erythematous changes in the course of pregnancy, rheumatoid arthritis, hyperthyroidism or cancer of internal organs.
But.: No reports.
Year: Individually dependent, sometimes changes disappear without leaving a trace.
Source: A. Kaszuba, Z. Adamski: “Lexicon of dermatology”; XNUMXst edition, Czelej Publishing House
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