Hand-foot-mouth Syndrome, Viral Infections, Exanthem - DermAtlas

Contributor

Kaisa Vander Koi

Diagnosis

hand-foot-mouth syndrome viral infections, exanthem

Body Site

hand

Age

28 years

Pigmentation

dark

Organization

grouped, clustered

Color

red

Morphology

papule

Pattern

acral (centripetal - extremity predominant)

Comments

This 28-year-old woman had a 2 day history of diarrhea, fever, and abdomonal pain. The skin eruption involved the hands, feet, and hard palate where she had several red punched out erosions. Her daughter had similar symptoms and a blistering rash on the hands and feet a week earlier.

Description

acrally distributed lancet shaped red hemorrhagic papules and vesicles

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8/13/2008 22:49:21

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