Prognosis and atopic background of juvenile plantar dermatosis and gluteo-femoral eczema.
A 10-year follow-up of patients with juvenile plantar dermatosis and gluteo-femoral eczema disclosed a worse prognosis than previously assumed, with a course in some cases protracted into adult age. The presence of atopy was established with a clinical point score system. It was found that 52% of the patients with juvenile plantar dermatosis and 80% of those with gluteo-femoral eczema were atopic. In many cases the childhood dermatitis was followed in adult age by a hand eczema. This was the case in 14% of the gluteo-femoral eczema patients, and no less than 26% of the juvenile plantar dermatitis patients.
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Department of Dermatology, Central Hospital, Kristianstad, Sweden.
D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002081:Buttocks; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003876:Dermatitis, Atopic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004485:Eczema / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005533:Foot Dermatoses / Q000276:immunology*; D006229:Hand Dermatoses / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D013848:Thigh