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...

OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency of the various underlying causes of erythroderma in newborns or infants, as well as which clinical or laboratory findings were relevant for the etiological diagnosis. PATIENTS Fifty-one patients who presented with exfoliative erythroderma during their first year of life were included in this retrospective study. SETTING Department of Pediatric Dermatolog...

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...

Erythroderma is a rare potentially deadly exfoliative dermatitis characterized by diffuse cutaneous erythema which may be associated with multi-organ dysfunction. Therefore, it is imperative to recognize and treat it promptly. Erythrodermic psoriasis is the most common form of erythroderma. Management of this condition is largely based on aggressive supportive care and the use of anti-inflammat...

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...

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...