Under-reported finding in acral erythema multiforme
Erythema multiforme is an acute muco-cutaneous hypersensitivity reaction with a variety of etiologies. It is characterized by a skin eruption, with or without oral or other mucous membrane lesions. General characteristics and treatmet have been described , but nail findings are rarely reported Here...
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications,
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| Summary: | Erythema multiforme is an acute muco-cutaneous hypersensitivity reaction with a variety of etiologies. It is characterized by a skin eruption, with or without oral or other mucous membrane lesions. General characteristics and treatmet have been described , but nail findings are rarely reported Here we present a 26-year-old patient with acral erythema multiforme and erythronychia adjacent to skin lesions on the back of the hands. To our knowledge this association had not been reported before. |
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| Item Description: | 0019-5154 1998-3611 10.4103/0019-5154.169157 |