Abstract
In general it is probable that round or oval, rather defined groups of fine vesicles (or crusting that results from former vesicular eruption) recurring in the same location like a “fixed drug eruption” is a particular type of eruption deserving a distinct name. The morphological features and the clinical course of repeated recurrences, always in round or oval areas, seem to make the term “discoid eczema of the hands” an appropriate one for the disease.
A feature that distinguishes discoid eczema of the hands from infectious dermatologic conditions which it most closely resembles clinically, is the response of the disease to dietary therapy. A simple elimination diet was used with good effect in 20 cases of the disease reported upon herein.
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