Also known as: dyshidrotic eczema, eczema of palms and soles

Clinical Features:

• Eczematous dermatitis characterized by pruritic tense vesicles on the digits, palms or soles
• The etiology is unknown, but it is sometimes associated with heat, stress, tinea pedis and allergy to nickel.

Histologic Features:

• Spongiotic dermatitis, usually of the acute pattern, sometimes with the formation of intraepidermal vesicles
• Variable upper dermal perivascular lymphocytic infiltrate
• The epidermis is normal to acanthotic.

Cases associated with this book:

Pompholyx
Author: Artur Zembowicz M.D. Ph.D.

Conference: DermatopathologyConsultations.com Teaching Collection