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

Janine Langenauer

doi:10.1159/000368822

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

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

Author

Janine Langenauer¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

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.

Publication types

Case Reports