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Erythema Multiforme Differential Diagnosis

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Erythema Multiforme Differential Diagnosis

  • See Also
  1. Erythema Multiforme Causes
  2. Centripetal Rash
  3. Life-Threatening Drug-Induced Rashes
  4. Erythema Mutiforme Minor
  5. Erythema Multiforme Major (Stevens-Johnson Syndrome)
  6. Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis
  1. See Life-Threatening Drug-Induced Rashes
  2. Erythema Multiforme Major (Stevens Johnson Syndrome) include mucous membrane involvement
  3. Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis
  • Differential Diagnosis
  • General Skin Lesions
  1. Chronic Urticaria
    1. Urticarial lesions persist <24 hours, then migrate
    2. Contrast with Erythema Multiforme lesions remain fixed for at least 7 days
  2. Serum Sickness
  3. Figurate erythema
  4. Toxic erythema
    1. Viral Exanthem
    2. Fixed Drug Eruption
  5. Graft Versus Host Disease
  6. Necrotizing Vasculitis
  7. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
  8. Erythema Nodosum
  9. Pityriasis Rosea
  10. Polymorphous light eruption
  1. Bullous Pemphigoid
  2. Pemphigus Vulgaris
  3. Impetigo
  4. Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis
  5. Dermatitis Herpetiformis
  6. Behcet's Syndrome
  7. Reiter's Syndrome
  1. See Oral Ulcer
  2. Cicatricial Pemphigoid
  3. Pemphigus Vulgaris
  4. Lichen Planus
  5. Aphthous Ulcer
  6. Acute Herpetic Mucositis
  • References
  1. Long (2016) Crit Dec Emerg Med 30(7):3-10
  2. Lamoreux (2006) Am Fam Physician 74:1883-8 [PubMed]
  3. Leaute-Labreze (2000) Arch Dis Child 83:347-52 [PubMed]
  4. Trayes (2019) Am Fam Physician 100(2): 82-8 [PubMed]
  5. Williams (2005) Dent Clin North Am 49:67-76 [PubMed]