Acrodermatitis

Acrodermatitis
Classification and external resources
Specialty dermatology
ICD-10 L30.8
MedlinePlus 001446
MeSH D000169

Acrodermatitis /ac·ro·der·ma·ti·tis/[1] is a childhood form of dermatitis selectively affecting the hands and feet and may be accompanied by mild symptoms of fever and malaise. It may also be associated with hepatitis B and other viral infections.[2]

It is a diffuse chronic skin disease usually confined to the limbs, seen mainly in women in Northern, Central, and Eastern Europe, and characterized initially by an erythematous, oedematous, pruritic phase followed by sclerosis and atrophy. It is caused by infection with Borrelia burgdorferi.[3]

Types

Types include:

References

  1. "Acrodermatitis : definition on Dorland's Medical Dictionary for Health Consumers". TheFreeDictionary. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  2. "Acrodermatitis". MedlinePlus. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  3. "Acrodermatitis : definition on Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition". TheFreeDictionary. Retrieved 17 February 2013.


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