Liver skin signs

Spider nevi in ​​cirrhosis of the liver

The term liver skin mark is used in medicine. This is understood to mean characteristic changes in the skin that are more or less often detectable in severe chronic liver diseases, for example cirrhosis of the liver , and which can point this out to the doctor during the examination.

Commonly observed signs are:

• Spider-Naevi ("little liver star")
• Palmar erythema (red palm)
• Plantar erythema (red soles of the feet)
• Dupuytren's contracture with cord-like indurations on the finger tendons
• White nails or frosted glass nails ("Terry nails")
• Lacquer tongue
• Lacquer lips
• Caput medusae (increased vein markings on the abdominal skin), possibly with ascites
• Bald head
• Angular rhinitis
• Telangiectasia
• Skin atrophy
• Gynecomastia
• Prurigo simplex

Liver asterisks can be found in around 90 percent of patients with cirrhosis.

Web links

• Important liver skin signs - leber-info.de
• Spider nevi

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Amir M. Nia, Stefan Ederer, Kristina M. Dahlem, Natig Gassanov, Fikret Er: Terry's nails: a window to systemic diseases . In: The American Journal of Medicine . tape 124 , no. 7 . Elsevier, July 2011, p. 602-604 , doi : 10.1016 / j.amjmed.2010.11.033 , PMID 21683827 .