Erythema Multiforme Exudativum. (Erythema Bullosum Malignans—Pluriorificial Type)

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.

Erythema multiforme is a skin condition considered to be a hypersensitivity reaction to infections or drugs. It consists of a polymorphous eruption of macules, papules, and characteristic "target" lesions that are symmetrically distributed with a propensity for the distal extremities. There is minimal mucosal involvement. Management involves treating the existing infectious agent or discontinui...

Number IV Erythema multiforme

Erythema multiforme (EM) is an acute mucocutaneous hypersensitivity reaction characterised by a skin eruption, with or without oral or other mucous membrane lesions. Occasionally EM may involve the mouth alone. EM has been classified into a number of different variants based on the degree of mucosal involvement and the nature and distribution of the skin lesions. EM minor typically affects no m...