Lyme Disease, Erythema Migrans, Borrelia Burgdorferi Infection - DermAtlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

Lyme disease erythema migrans Borrelia burgdorferi infection

Body Site

shoulder chest

Age

12 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

annular

Color

red

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

Comments

A week earlier this 12 year old girl's mother removed a deer tick from hre daughter's shoulder. The next day they noted an itchy red edematous papule, and 4 days later she developed an expanding red plaque. The lymphangitic streak extending into the axilla developed the night before the visit. She was otherwise asymptomatic, and the lesion resolved within 2 days with oral amoxicillin

Description

oval red edematous plaque with a central red papule and extending lymphangitis

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7/7/2001 21:00:17

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