Picture of the Month
Kevin A. Slavin, MD;
Ilona J. Frieden, MD
From the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases (Dr Slavin) and the Department of Pediatrics and Dermatology (Dr Frieden), University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine.
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1998;152:505-506.
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A 15-MONTH-OLD child had a 4-day history of fever and a 1-day history of a rash. On physical examination she was irritable and had a temperature of 38.3°C. Scattered vesicles were present on her thumb and fifth toe (Figure 1), erythematous papules and a few vesicles were present over her perineum (Figure 2), and a few superficially eroded papules were evident on her lips (Figure 3). The lesions were gone 3 days later, but a playmate presented with early findings of a similar exanthem.
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Figure 2.
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Figure 3.
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Denouement and Discussion: Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease
Figure 1. Vesicles are present on the thumb and fifth toe.
Figure 2. Multiple erythematous papules and a few scattered vesicles are present over the perineum.
Figure 3. Superficially eroded papules are present on the lips.
An outbreak of the vesicular exanthem known . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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