title: Peeling skin syndrome.
abstract: Peeling skin syndrome is a rare disease characterized by widespread painless peeling of the skin. To date, several cases have been described with different clinical features called peeling skin syndrome. Previous reports describe two types (type A and type B) of peeling skin syndrome, both of which show generalized desquamation, sparing palms and soles. We report a 23-year old man who has been classified as neither type A nor type B, and whose history, clinical features and histopathological findings led to a diagnosis of peeling skin syndrome. In addition, the desquamation pattern in our patient was different from that of both types because our case's palms and soles were involved too.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Dermatology Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey. turna.ilknur@deu.edu.tr
authors.forename: Turna
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ilknur
authors.forename: Melda
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Demirtaşoğlu
authors.forename: Sevgi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akarsu
authors.forename: Banu
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lebe
authors.forename: Ali Tahsin
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Güneş
authors.forename: Sebnem
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozkan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006229:Hand Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male