erythroderma


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Noun1.erythroderma - any skin disorder involving abnormal redness
disease of the skin, skin disease, skin disorder - a disease affecting the skin
erythema - abnormal redness of the skin resulting from dilation of blood vessels (as in sunburn or inflammation)
flare - reddening of the skin spreading outward from a focus of infection or irritation
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Netherton Syndrome is a severe autosomal recessive disease characterized by congenital erythroderma, bamboo hair and abnormality in the immune system.
Netherton Syndrome is a severe autosomal recessive disease characterized by congenital erythroderma, "bamboo hair" and abnormality in the immune system.
In addition, patients may have erythroderma with desquamation.
Lamellar ichthyosis generally occurs at birth with a striking collodion-type membrane covering the body and underlying erythroderma, which then desquamates.
In 2014 she was treated with narrow-band UVB, which had to be terminated after 20 sessions due to exacerbation and progression to erythroderma. In June 2014, cyclosporine A was introduced with only a temporary effect, and there was a gradual increase of IgE (8,058 IU/ml in June 2015, and 41,445 and 48,526 in October and December 2015, respectively).
Berth-Jones J, Eczema, Lichenification, Prurigo and Erythroderma. In: Burns T, Breathnach S, Cox N, Griffiths C, eds.
Erythroderma or exfoliative dermatitis is any inflammatory skin disease that affects more than 90% of the body surface.
On physical examination, the patient had diffuse, erythroderma and abdominal tenderness.
Most patients with HLH and cutaneous findings present with nonspecific maculopapular eruption, purpura, erythroderma, and edema (9).
We report a case of psoriasis-form erythroderma induced by HCQ in an SLE patient.
(17,18,19,20) Dermatologic side effects include urticaria, morbilliform and vesiculobullous eruptions, exfoliative erythroderma, erythema multiforme, Steven Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrosis.