mechanic's hands
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Etiology
- dermatomyositis
- anti-synthetase syndrome[2][3]
- myositis
- Raynaud's syndrome
- interstitial lung disease with anti-Jo-1 Ab
Clinical manifestations
- scaley, rough, dry, hyperkeratotic fissured skin with cracked horizontal lines on palmar & lateral aspects of the fingers
- described as 'thickened skin on tips & margins' of fingers (NEJM)[4]
More general terms
References
- ↑ Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 17, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2015
Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 19 Board Basics. An Enhancement to MKSAP19. American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2022 - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chatterjee S, Prayson R, Fraver C. Antisynthetase syndrome: Not just an inflammatory myopathy. Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine 2013;80:655-666. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24085811
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chatterjee S Mechanic's Hands N Engl J Med 2021; 384:e16. Feb 11 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33567195 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMicm2026773
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 NEJM Knowledge+'thi