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Article: Think zinc for persistent red, scaly hands or feet.(Clinical Rounds)(Disease/Disorder overview)
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- Skin & Allergy News
- Article date:
- May 1, 2007
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GRAND CAYMAN, CAYMAN ISLANDS -- Consider acquired zinc deficiency in patients with persistent red, scaly skin on the hands and feet, Dr. Christopher O'Connell proposed at the Caribbean Dermatology Symposium.
Dr. O'Connell, a dermatology resident at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York, described the case of a 49-yearold black woman who presented with severe erythema, edema, and scaling on her palms and soles, as well as scaly patches and fissures on the backs of her hands. In addition, she had edema and erythema on her lower legs, as well as nonblanchable brown and red patches on her upper thighs. At follow-up exams, some of the nonblanchable patches ...