Scarlet Fever, Strawberry Tongue - DermAtlas

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Shahbaz A. Janjua, MD

Diagnosis

scarlet fever strawberry tongue

Body Site

tongue, dorsal surface

Age

8 years

Pigmentation

light

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Color

Morphology

Pattern

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 papillae with a white coating

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3/26/2003 12:27:23

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