The skin may exhibit the first clinical evidence of a systemic disease and may provide the first clues to a diagnosis in malignancies. Erythroderma is defined as generalized redness and scaling and it is a clinical manifestation of a variety of underlying diseases including, rarely, solid tumors. Breast cancer is associated with a variety of skin paraneoplastic manifestations like acanthosis ni...

BACKGROUND Erythroderma is a severe syndrome and prognostic studies are rare in the literature. OBJECTIVES Through a retrospective study of erythroderma in adults, we have analysed epidemiological and clinical data and precised the relevant aetiologies and survival in our patients. METHODS This study was performed at the Department of Dermatology of Charles Nicolle Hospital of Tunis (1995-2...

Erythroderma, a severe form of skin reddening, is often difficult to diagnose and usually caused by underlying inflammatory conditions. In this case report, we present the management patient diagnosed with drug-induced erythroderma. The developed generalized redness scaling 21 days after receiving an unknown injection for pain from local pharmacy. A thorough history clinical examination were co...

BACKGROUND Erythroderma is a diffuse, inflammatory skin reaction that, in rare instances, is associated with hematologic malignancies such as cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (erythrodermic mycosis fungoides) or T-cell leukemia (Sezary syndrome or adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma). OBSERVATIONS We screened 30 patients with erythroderma (20 patients with erythroderma of known etiology and 10 patients w...

Erythroderma is a condition caused by several etiologies that result in red inflamed skin on 90% or more of the body surface. To optimize the diagnosis and management of the erythrodermic patient, healthcare professionals should be familiar with the underlying etiologies and treatment modalities. Patients with erythroderma require immediate attention as they may face a variety of medical compli...

Erythroderma is a reactive, inflammatory skin disorder which could result from almost all inflammatory, some infectious and some malignant diseases. In adults, the commonest causes for erythroderma are psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, cutaneous T-cell lymphoma and drug reactions. Rarer causes include sarcoidosis, dermatomyositis, hypereosiniphilic syndromes, etc. In case the trigger remains uniden...

Erythroderma can be life-threatening, primarily because of its metabolic burden and complications. It is mandatory to establish its etiopathology in order to facilitate precise and definitive management. This disorder may be the morphologic presentation of a variety of cutaneous and systemic diseases. Detailed history and thorough work-up is therefore essential. Management of erythroderma invol...

Erythroderma (exfoliative dermatitis), first described by Von Hebra in 1868, manifests as a cutaneous inflammatory state, with associated skin barrier and metabolic dysfunctions. The annual incidence of erythroderma is estimated to be 1–2 per 100 000 population Europe male preponderance. may present at birth, or develop acutely insidiously (due progression an underlying primary pathology, inclu...