Enanthem

Enanthem or enanthema is a rash (small spots) on the mucous membranes.[1] It is characteristic of patients with viral infections[2] causing hand foot and mouth disease, measles, and sometimes chicken pox, or COVID-19.[3] In addition, bacterial infections such as Scarlet fever may also be a cause of enanthema. The aforementioned diseases usually present with exanthema and enanthema.

Enanthem
Rubella (German measles) enanthema
SpecialtyInfectious diseases, dermatology Edit this on Wikidata
Differential diagnosissmallpox

Enanthema can also indicate hypersensitivity.[4]

See also

References
  1. "enanthema" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary
  2. Drago F, Rampini E, Rebora A (August 2002). "Atypical exanthems: morphology and laboratory investigations may lead to an aetiological diagnosis in about 70% of cases". Br. J. Dermatol. 147 (2): 255–60. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2133.2002.04826.x. PMID 12174095.
  3. Chris Smith (18 July 2020) Doctors discovered a new coronavirus symptom that patients didn’t even know they had
  4. Lanzafame M, Trevenzoli M, Lattuada E, Faggian F, Vento S, Concia E (March 2003). "Enanthema as the first clinical manifestation of abacavir hypersensitivity reaction: a case report". Infez Med. 11 (1): 40–1. PMID 12719670.


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