Papular-purpuric "gloves and socks" syndrome.
We report five cases of an acute, self-limiting dermatosis that has not been previously described. It consists of a pruritic edema and erythema of the hands and feet in a gloves-and-socks distribution and is associated with oral lesions and fever. The clinical course is characterized by the rapid development of petechial purpura and clearing of lesions within 1 to 2 weeks. The disease appears to affect only young and otherwise healthy persons and occurs mostly during the spring. The etiology is unknown but might be of infectious origin.
Harms
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Clinique de Dermatologie, Hôpital Cantonal Universitaire, Genève, Switzerland.
Feldmann
R
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Saurat
J H
JH
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003020:Clothing; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003875:Drug Eruptions / Q000209:etiology; D004487:Edema / Q000473:pathology; D004890:Erythema / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005533:Foot Dermatoses / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006229:Hand Dermatoses / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013577:Syndrome