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Preferred term

Acrodynia  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A condition seen primarily in childhood, most often resulting from chronic exposure to MERCURY COMPOUNDS which may result in encephalopathy and POLYNEUROPATHY. Clinical features include pain, swelling and pinkish discoloration of the fingers and toes, weakness in the extremities, extreme irritability, HYPERESTHESIA, and alterations in level of consciousness. (From Menkes, Textbook of Child Neurology, 5th ed, p603)

Entry terms

  • Acrodynic Erythema
  • Chronic Childhood Mercurialism
  • Feer Disease
  • Feer's Disease
  • Pink Disease
  • Swift Disease
  • Swift's Disease

In other languages

  • French

  • Acrodynie infantile
  • Érythème acrodynique
  • Maladie de Feer
  • Maladie de Selter-Swift-Feer
  • Maladie de Swift
  • Maladie de Swift-Feer
  • Polynévrite pellagroïde de Selter

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