Juvenile plantar dermatosis.

Juvenile plantar dermatosis seems to be a new skin disease found mainly in children between 3 and 14 years old. The main symptoms are: redness, shiny hyperkeratosis, lamellar scaling and painful fissure formation in weight-bearing parts of the soles and toes. Sometimes the hands also seem to be affected. External factors, occlusive socks and footwear, possibly together with an atopic constitution, are believed to be the cause of the disease, which is very difficult to treat. The findings in 157 published and 23 own cases are discussed.