STUDY OF CUTANEOUS MANIFESTATIONS IN CHRONIC LIVER DISORDERS.

Forty nine cases of chronic liver disorders were studied for cutaneous manifestations. More than half of these (57.1%) cases revealed cutaneous changes. Common cutaneous manifestations were prominent dilated veins on abdomen (28.6%), icterus (20.1%), clubbing of nails (16.3%), ichthyosis (12.2%), hyperpigmentation (12.2%), pruritus (8.2%), gynaecomastia (8.2%) and spider naevi (6.1). Less common cutaneous manifestations included palmar erythema, telangiectasia, leuconychia, loss of body hair and acneiform eruptions in 4.1 per cent cases each and striae distense, purpura and pellagra in 2.0 per cent cases each.