Enanthem
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Measles enanthema | |
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Enanthem or enanthema is a rash (small spots) on the mucous membranes.[1] It is characteristic of patients with smallpox, measles, chicken pox and roseola infantum
It can also indicate hypersensitivity.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ "enanthema" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary
- ↑ Lanzafame M, Trevenzoli M, Lattuada E, Faggian F, Vento S, Concia E (March 2003). "Enanthema as the first clinical manifestation of abacavir hypersensitivity reaction: a case report". Infez Med. 11 (1): 40–1. PMID 12719670.
- ↑ Drago F, Rampini E, Rebora A (August 2002). "Atypical exanthems: morphology and laboratory investigations may lead to an aetiological diagnosis in about 70% of cases". Br. J. Dermatol. 147 (2): 255–60. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2133.2002.04826.x. PMID 12174095.
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