Pustulosis
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Pustulosis is highly inflammatory
skin Skin is the layer of usually soft, flexible outer tissue covering the body of a vertebrate animal, with three main functions: protection, regulation, and sensation. Other animal coverings, such as the arthropod exoskeleton, have different ...
condition resulting in large fluid-filled blister-like areas -
pustules A skin condition, also known as cutaneous condition, is any medical condition that affects the integumentary system—the organ system that encloses the body and includes skin, nails, and related muscle and glands. The major function of this sys ...
. Pustulosis typically occurs on the palms of the hands and/or the soles of the feet. The skin of these areas peels and flakes ( exfoliates). This condition—also referred to as "palmo-plantar pustulosis"—is a feature of pustular psoriasis.


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Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis (AGEP; also known as pustular drug eruption and toxic pustuloderma) is a rare skin reaction that in 90% of cases is related to medication. AGEP is characterized by sudden skin eruptions that appear on ...
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Pustulosis palmaris et plantaris Pustulosis palmaris et plantaris is a chronic recurrent pustular dermatosis (that is, a pustulosis or pustular psoriasis) localized on the palms and soles only, characterized histologically by intraepidermal pustules filled with neutrophils.. ...


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