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Aquagenic wrinkling of the palms in a cystic fibrosis carrier.
The Australasian journal of dermatology - 1 Feb 2008
Gild Rochelle, Clay Christopher D
Abstract excerpt
A 16-year-old girl presented with a 3-year history of painful swelling and wrinkling of her palms on exposure to water. Physical examination, after less than 2 min of immersion, showed thickening and exaggerated wrinkling of the palms giving a whitish pebbly appearance. Aquagenic wrinkling of the palms was diagnosed. The patient was tested for the common cystic fibrosis mutations, and was found to be heterozygous...
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