Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever - DermAtlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

Rocky Mountain spotted fever

Body Site

palm hand thigh

Age

33 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

Color

red

Morphology

macular / flat (macule / patch)

Pattern

Comments

This 9 year old boy developed a red partially blanching papular eruption on his hands and feet including his palms and soles that progressed to the trunk over 3 days. He had a severe headache, high fever, arthralgias and myalgias. His mother, who remembered removing a wood tick from her son's scalp 10 days earlier also developed a rash, fever, and headache.

Description

subtle red macules

Image Added

9/8/2001 23:05:42

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