Case of (?) Erythema exudativum multiforme

Erythema exudativum multiforme in childhood.

Hebra (1860) entered into a friendly rivalry with the English dermatologist Robert Willan in his classical dissertations on the 'polymorphous ery-themata.' Even in these early years dermato-logical nomenclature had reached a complex state. Hebra comments that ' these various names by no means answer to as many distinct disese, and our object must be to determine which of them apply merely to ap...

Erythema Exudativum Multiforme in Childhood

Ocular complications in erythema exudativum multiforme with mucous membrane lesions.

ERYTHEMA exudativum multiforme is a specific skin disease of unknown aetiology which may be associated with various syndromes in which the mucous membranes-conjunctiva, lips, bronchi and ano-genital region-are affected, and consequently fall in the domain of the dermatologist, physician, ophthalmologist and uro-genital surgeon. As its name implies, erythema multiforme is characterised by the va...

Erythema Multiforme Exudativum: Report of a Case with False-Positive Serology *

of case The patient, an unmarried Negro male, apparently suffered his first attack in September 1945. He was then aged 18 years and had been inducted into the Navy two months before, at which time he was entirely well. Blood serology was negative on induction. On Sept. 22, 1945, he was admitted to a U. S. Naval Hospital complaining of lacrimation and redness of the eyes of three days duration. ...

Neonatal Erythema Multiforme: A Case Report

Erythema multiforme (EM) is an extremely rare condition in infancy. To the best of our knowledge, there have been only three cases of neonatal EM described in the literature, and no such cases have been reported in Korea. A preterm neonate born at 35 weeks and six days of gestation presented with multiple annular erythematous patches with a targetoid shape over his entire body at 36 days of age...