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Case Reports
. 2014 Oct 23;6(3):245-7.
doi: 10.1159/000368822. eCollection 2014 Sep.

Erythema Palmare Hereditarium ('Red Palms', 'Lane's Disease')

Janine Langenauer  1
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Case Reports

Erythema Palmare Hereditarium ('Red Palms', 'Lane's Disease')

Janine Langenauer. Case Rep Dermatol. .

Abstract

Erythema palmare hereditarium is a very rare, benign alteration of the skin which can be found mostly on the palms and soles. The anomaly is characterized by a distinctive, extensive, sharply demarcated redness. This report presents a patient with erythema palmare hereditarium.

Keywords: Erythema palmare hereditarium; Lane's disease; Red palms.

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Erythema at both hypothenars, own photograph.
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Close-up view with clearly visible telangiectasia, own photograph.
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