Medicine:Morbilliform
The term morbilliform refers to a rash that looks like measles.[1][2] The rash consists of macular lesions that are red and usually 2–10 mm in diameter but may be confluent in places.[3] A morbilliform rash is a rose-red flat (macular) or slightly elevated (maculopapular) eruption, showing circular or elliptical lesions varying in diameter from 1 to 3 mm, with healthy-looking skin intervening.[citation needed]
Patients with measles will have the rash but there are other syndromes and infections that will display the same symptom such as patients with Kawasaki disease,[4] meningococcal petechiae or Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome,[4] Dengue, Roseola, congenital syphilis,[5] rubella,[4] Echovirus 9,[4] drug hypersensitivity reactions (in particular with certain classes of antiretroviral drugs, such as abacavir and nevirapine, and also the antiepileptic drug phenytoin), or other conditions may also have a morbilliform rash. It is usually present in drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS syndrome) following a prodrome of fever, malaise, throat pain with dysphagia, and itching.[6] It has also been mentioned as a possible manifestation of onset or recovery from COVID-19.[7]
References
- ↑ Haber, Jessica S.; Cipriano, Sarah D.; Oza, Vikash S. (April 2022). "Morbilliform Eruptions in the Hospitalized Child". Dermatologic Clinics 40 (2): 191–202. doi:10.1016/j.det.2021.12.006. ISSN 0733-8635. PMID 35366972.
- ↑ Morris-Jones, Rachel (2019). "10. The skin and systemic disease". in Morris-Jones, Rachael (in en). ABC of Dermatology (7th ed.). Hoboken: Wiley Blackwell. pp. 75–77. ISBN 978-1-119-48899-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=Lm2fDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA75.
- ↑ Primary Care Dermatology Module. Nomenclature of Skin Lesions The University of Wisconsin. Department of Pediatrics. Retrieved on Nov 30, 2009
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 thefreedictionary.com > morbilliform rash Retrieved on Nov 30, 2009
- ↑ American Family Physician Sept 1st 2012 Vol 86 No 5 pp381-482 Syphilis: A re-emerging infection.
- ↑ Kroshinsky, Daniela; Cardones, Adela Rambi G.; Blumenthal, Kimberly G. (12 December 2024). "Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms". New England Journal of Medicine 391 (23): 2242–2254. doi:10.1056/NEJMra2204547.
- ↑ "COVID-19 | DermNet NZ". https://dermnetnz.org/topics/covid-19/.
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