ICD-11 classes
14 Diseases of the skin
Certain skin disorders attributable to infection or...
Certain skin disorders attributable to viral infection
Certain dermatoses with suspected viral aetiology
EA11 — Papular purpuric gloves and socks syndrome

ICD-11 EA11 — Papular purpuric gloves and socks syndrome

This acute acral dermatosis is characterised by an intensely pruritic papular and often purpuric eruption affecting the hands, wrists, feet and ankles. This is frequently accompanied by oral inflammation and ulceration, malaise and fever. It affects adults predominantly and had been linked to a range of viral infections, most commonly to parvovirus B19.

The diagnosis includes nothing.

The diagnosis excludes nothing.

It has no clarifying diagnoses.