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==Background== | |||
{{Primary derm lesions names}} | |||
==Clinical Features== | |||
==Differential Diagnosis== | ==Differential Diagnosis== | ||
{{Peds Rash DDX}} | {{Peds Rash DDX}} | ||
{{Pediatric rashes images}} | {{Pediatric rashes images}} | ||
==Evaluation== | |||
==Management== | |||
==Disposition== | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Revision as of 17:26, 23 July 2016
Background
Dermatology Nomenclature
Small lesions (<0.5cm)
| Name | Raised/Palpable | Fluid-Filled | Other Description | Diagram |
| Macule | No | None | flat, cirumscribed, colored | 
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| Papule | Yes | None | Solid | 
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| Vesicle | Yes | Clear | .png)
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| Pustule | Yes | Pus | Leukocytes or keratin | 
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Large lesions (>0.5cm)
| Name | Raised/Palpable | Fluid-Filled | Other Description | Diagram |
| Patch | No | None | Large macule (flat, colored) | 
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| Plaque | Yes | None | Superficially raised, circumscribed solid area | 
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| Nodule | Yes | None | Distinct large papule | 
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| Bulla | Yes | Clear | Large vesicle/blister or exposed epidermal layer | 
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| Wheal | Yes | Edema | Firm and edema of dermis |
Other
- Eschar
- Fissure/erosion/ulcer
- Necrotizing rashes
Clinical Features
Differential Diagnosis
Pediatric Rash
- Atopic dermatitis
- Bed bugs
- Contact dermatitis
- Drug rash
- Erythema infectiosum (Fifth disease)
- Hand-foot-and-mouth disease
- Henoch-schonlein purpura (HSP)
- Herpangina
- Herpes simplex virus (HSV)
- Infectious mononucleosis
- Meningitis
- Measles
- Molluscum contagiosum
- Roseola infantum
- Rubella (German measles)
- Scabies
- Scarlet fever
- Smallpox
- Varicella (Chickenpox)
