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 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 (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...

Results: On average, the etiological diagnosis was established 11 months after the onset of erythroderma. The underlying causes observed included immunodeficiency (30%), simple or complex ichthyosis (24%), Netherton syndrome (18%), and eczematous or papulosquamous dermatitis (20%). Five patients (10%) had erythroderma of unknown origin. The following parameters were of value in determining the ...

Pemphigus foliaceus (PF) represents an autoimmune blistering disease characterized by the disruption of epidermal intercellular adhesion proteins. Clinical findings include superficial crusted erosions in a seborrheic distribution; however, the disease can rarely present as an exfoliative erythroderma. Histopathologic findings include acantholysis with cleavage within the granular layer. Direct...

nethertons syndrome consists of the combination of ichthyosis, eczema, and abnormal hair and presents within the first 10 days of life with erythroderma. other reported features are short stature, mental retardation, and seizures. allergy to nuts and fish is also common amongst patients. mutations in the spink5 gene on 5q are reported in patients with nethertons syndrome. to the best of our kno...

Cutaneous manifestations of haematological malignancies, although well recognized in acute monoblastic leukaemia and lymphoma, are relatively uncommon in primary myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), which is a group of heterogeneous disorders formerly known as pre-leukaemia. Previously reported cases of skin involvement in this syndrome have been confined to a sub-type of MDS, namely chronic myelomo...