Feer syndrome (swift-feer syndrome; infantile acrodynia; acrodynia; pink disease) 4

General: Etiology unknown, possibly allergic 737h78h reaction to mercury or infection; onset in early childhood; both sexes equally affected.

Ocular: Proptosis; lacrimation; pronounced photophobia; severe conjunctival itching; conjunctival injection with occasional marked signs of inflammation; severe keratitis; mild optic neuritis; mydriasis.

Clinical: Restlessness; irritability; continuous profuse sweating; muscle hypotony; tachycardia; exanthema of palms and soles with exfoliation of large skin flaps; stomatitis; sleeplessness; cyanosis of fingers, toes, and nose; loss of teeth; rectal prolapse; muscle hypotonia; hypertension; hypertrichosis; gangrene of fingers.

Duke-Elder S, ed. Systems of Ophthalmology, vol. VIII, part 2. St. Louis: CV Mosby, 1976.

Feer E. Eine Eigenartige Neurose des Vegatativen Systems Beim Kleinkinde, Ergebn Inn Med Kinderh 1923; 24:100.