Scarlet Fever - DermAtlas - Dermatology Image Atlas

Contributor

Shahbaz A. Janjua, MD

Diagnosis

scarlet fever

Body Site

foot

Age

8 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

Color

red

Morphology

plaqulous (plaque / nodule / tumor)

Pattern

symmetric acral (centripetal - extremity predominant)

Comments

This 8-year-old girl developed a red papular eruption on her lower extremities and a disseminated sandpaper-like rash 3 days after the onset of a sore throat with a positive Group A beta hemolytic streptococcus culture. She also had a strawberry tongue with a white membrane and prominent red papillae poking through the coating.

Description

red edematous papules

Image Added

3/27/2003 23:25:41

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