Case report, case study

Aquatic/aquagenic Dermatoses: The Thin Line Between Pool Palms and Aquagenic Syringeal Acrokeratoderma

Deniz Demircioğlu ; Acıbadem University School of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
Emel Öztürk Durmaz ; Acıbadem University School of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey

Abstract

Pool palms and pool toes are friction or pressure-induced aquatic dermatoses resulting from extensive and repetitive rubbing of fingers, palms, soles, and toes
against the rough anti-slippery surfaces or edges of pools. Aquagenic syringeal acrokeratoderma is a sporadic, episodic, and acquired disorder of palmar skin linked to water
exposure. Herein we describe a case of aquatic/aquagenic dermatosis that presented
clinical and diagnostic difficulties. Differentiating between pool palms and aquagenic
syringeal acrokeratoderma is a challenge, and we believe that both disorders lie on a
spectrum of watersport dermatoses.

Keywords

pool palms; pool toes; aquagenic syringeal acrokeratoderma; transient reactive papulotranslucent acrokeratoderma; watersport hands

Hrčak ID:

316437

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/316437

Publication date:

15.9.2023.

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