Abstract
In 1925 Pernet 1 described under the title Symmetric Lividity of the Soles of the Feet a disease involving only the soles and characterized by bilateral thickened, edematous, livid plaques which appeared to contain vesicles. Since then Parkhurst 2 has reported 2 cases and cited 2 others previously unreported. Hitch and Hansen 3 termed this dermatosis symmetric erythema of the soles, described 4 new cases in detail and reported having seen 2 others. Sutton and Sutton 4 briefly described the disease. Authors who have written of symmetric lividity of the soles have expressed the opinion that the dermatosis is not as rare as the number of reported cases would indicate. This opinion was verified in the number of patients with the dermatosis who were seen over a period of a few months at a large military post. During July, August and September, 1942, 18 patients with symmetric lividity of the
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