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Vol. 21 - Num. 83

Clinical Reviews

Cutaneous lesions with a starry-sky pattern: the polymorphism of the hand-foot-and-mouth disease

María Pérez Sabidoa, Beatriz Cremades Romeroa, Osvaldo Gabriel Pereira-Resquín Galvánb, Noelia de las Nieves Gonzálezc

aPediatra. CS Silla. Servicio de Urgencias Pediátricas. Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe. Valencia. España.
bServicio de Urgencias Pediátricas. Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe. Facultad de Medicina. Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera. Valencia. España.
cMIR-Pediatría. Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe. Valencia. España.

Correspondence: M Pérez . E-mail: mperezsabido@gmail.com

Reference of this article: Pérez Sabido M, Cremades Romero B, Pereira-Resquín Galván OG, González N. Cutaneous lesions with a starry-sky pattern: the polymorphism of the hand-foot-and-mouth disease. Rev Pediatr Aten Primaria. 2019;21:255-8.

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Abstract

The exanthematic diseases usually have a typical defined pattern that facilitates the clinical diagnosis, although occasionally doubts arise due to similarity of pathologies and it is necessary to know the etiological agent. The Hand-foot-and-mouth disease has always been one of the easiest pathologies to be recognized for its classic skin and mucous involvement; however, nowadays there has been a change in the distribution, extension and morphology of lesions, which give it great simulation capacity. In cases where the clinical manifestation is atypical and a wrong labeling can deprive a patient from chickenpox vaccine, serology can be useful. We present a case of atypical Hand-foot-and-mouth disease in a patient without previous dermopathy.

Keywords

Atypical Hand-foot-mouth disease Serology Simulation

 

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