Scarlet Fever, Scarlatiniform Eruption - DermAtlas

Contributor

Shirley Klein, MD

Diagnosis

scarlet fever scarlatiniform eruption

Body Site

back

Age

12 years

Pigmentation

dark

Organization

scattered

Color

white/hypo

Morphology

papule

Pattern

generalized, disseminated symmetric

Comments

This healthy 12-year-old boy developed a generalized papular eruption in association with a streptococcal pharyngitis. Note the relative sparing of the nose and the discrete nature of many of the lesions. This patient demonstrates the variability of the scarlatiniform eruption found in scarlet fever.

Description

generalized 1-2 mm light pink papules

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12/12/2006 22:30:36

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