Papular purpuric gloves and socks syndrome

Definition

This acute acral dermatosis is characterised by an intensely pruritic papular and often purpuric eruption affecting the hands, wrists, feet and ankles. This is frequently accompanied by oral inflammation and ulceration, malaise and fever. It affects adults predominantly and had been linked to a range of viral infections, most commonly to parvovirus B19.

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