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Peeling skin syndrome in the legs and feet. Peeling skin syndrome (also known as acral peeling skin syndrome, continual peeling skin syndrome, familial continual skin peeling, idiopathic deciduous skin, and keratolysis exfoliativa congenita [1]) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by lifelong peeling of the stratum corneum, and may be associated with pruritus, short stature, and ...
Chemotherapy-induced acral erythema, also known as palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia or hand-foot syndrome is reddening, swelling, numbness and desquamation (skin sloughing or peeling) on palms of the hands and soles of the feet (and, occasionally, on the knees, elbows, and elsewhere) that can occur after chemotherapy in patients with cancer.
Necrolytic acral erythema can show clinically as either acute or chronic. Flaccid blisters , erosions at the margins, and noticeable erythema are the symptoms of acute lesions. The hyperkeratotic surface, moderate erythema , and dark red border are seen in the chronic lesions.
At presentation, 31 patients with CD8+ TLPD were 29–89 years old (average 52.1 years); 23 were male, 8 were female; 26 had nodules, 5 had plaques; 28 had a single lesion, 2 had bilateral lesions, and 1 had multiple lesions; 18 had a single lesion on the ear, 3 had a single lesion on the nose, 1 had a single lesion on the leg, 4 had a single lesion on the foot, 2 had a single lesion on the ...
Acral nevus (melanocytic nevus of acral skin, melanocytic nevus with intraepidermal ascent of cells) Amelanotic blue nevus (hypomelanotic blue nevus) Becker's nevus; Balloon cell nevus; Bannayan–Riley–Ruvalcaba syndrome; Becker's nevus (Becker's melanosis, Becker's pigmentary hamartoma, nevoid melanosis, pigmented hairy epidermal nevus)
Acral angifibromeae occur primarily in areas close to the nails of fingers and toes (~80% of cases) [28] or, less commonly, palms of the hands or soles of the feet. [14] The tissues of this tumor consists of bland spindle-shaped and star-shaped cells within a collagen fiber -rich stroma containing prominent blood vessels and mast cells .
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Necrolytic migratory erythema is a red, blistering rash that spreads across the skin. It particularly affects the skin around the mouth and distal extremities; but may also be found on the lower abdomen, buttocks, perineum, and groin.