Eruptions: Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes for Eruptions

Acne Vulgaris

When this question arises, we can presume that we have crossed the boundaries of "acneiform eruptions" of the face. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The results revealed that the number of acne eruptions decreased even though patients were applying make-up. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Acne variants and acneiform eruptions also exist, many of which have an identifiable and reversible etiology. [accessmedicine.mhmedical.com]

Herpes Zoster

Acute inciting events for this eruption are not always known, but can include illness, stress, and mechanical injury. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Discussion Most common side effects of routine VZV vaccination include a localized eruption at the injection site or a mild, diffuse chickenpox-like eruption. [bcmj.org]

We report a case of mycosis fungoides proved by biopsy and immunohistochemistry that developed in a 55-year-old man at the site of previous herpes zoster eruption. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Contact Dermatitis

Cross-reactions between β-lactams are similar to those described in non-immediate drug eruptions. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Abstract Polymorphic light eruption (PLE) is described as a delayed-type hypersensitivity reaction (DTHR) toward a de novo light-induced antigen, yet to be identified. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Notably, Primula obconica can also induce comparable eruptions [20–23]. [hindawi.com]

Pityriasis Circinata

Pityriasis rosea–like eruption associated with lamotrigine. [jaad.org]

Pityriasis Rosea (PR) History:(i) Close contacts with similar eruptions: Mostly uncommon because most cases of PR are sporadic(ii) Medication intake: Could cause a similar [dailyrounds.org]

Gianotti-Crosti syndrome, pityriasis rosea, asymmetrical periflexural exanthem, unilateral mediothoracic exanthem, eruptive pseudoangiomatosis and papular-purpuric gloves [doi.org]

Erythema Nodosum

Convert to ICD-10-CM : 695.2 converts directly to: 2015/16 ICD-10-CM L52 Erythema nodosum Clinical Information An erythematous eruption commonly associated with drug reactions [icd9data.com]

Diagnosis There are a few other skin eruptions that mimic erythema nodosum, so the physician may have to perform a biopsy to sort them out. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

This condition usually subsides in 3-6 weeks without scarring or atrophy Erythematous eruption commonly associated with drug reactions or infection and characterized by inflammatory [icd9data.com]

Milium

Multiple eruptive milia may be diagnosed if patients report the unexplained appearance of crops of milia within a short period of time. [symptoma.com]

Eruptive hidradenoma and syringoma: histological, histochemical, and electron microscopie studies. [jaad.org]

Multiple Eruptive Milia Multiple eruptive milia (MEM) is another rare variant in which lesions come up quickly, over the face or the trunk. [news-medical.net]

Drug Eruptions

Drug eruptions constitute adverse events associated with medications. [symptoma.com]

Abstract Drug eruptions affecting the skin or mucosas (toxicoderma) are the most common adverse effects of drugs and represent one of the more common diagnostic challenges [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The eruption usually resolves within 7 to 14 days. [dermatologyadvisor.com]

Stasis Dermatitis

We report a case of leukaemia cutis presenting as stasis dermatitis-like eruption in a patient with myelodysplastic syndrome progressing to acute myelogenic leukaemia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Stasis dermatitis is a skin eruption which involves the lower legs. It is due to poor vein circulation in the legs. [sandlakedermatology.com]

A patient with myelodysplastic syndrome presented with an acute eruption of bilateral, lower-extremity, tender, indurated, brown plaques that clinically resembled chronic [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Palmoplantar Pustulosis

Palmoplantar pustulosis (PPP) is a chronic, relapsing, pustular eruption affecting the palms and soles for which treatment is often difficult and frustrating. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] pus·tu·lo·sis pal·mar·'is et plan·tar·'is a sterile pustular eruption of the fingers and toes, variously attributed to dyshidrosis, pustular psoriasis, and unidentified bacterial [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

Palmoplantar pustulosis is characterized by a chronic eruption of sterile pustules on palms and soles. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Erythema Multiforme

We report a case of an erythema multiforme drug eruption associated with erythrodermic psoriasis induced by SOF and DCV. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Herein, we report a case who manifested severe erythema multiforme-like eruption with mucosal involvement associated with vemurafenib following nivolumab. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] virus), drugs (e.g., sulfonamides, anticonvulsants, and antibiotics), malignancies, and collagen vascular disorders A skin and mucous membrane disease characterized by an eruption [icd9data.com]

Rosacea

We report a case of a rosacea-like eruption in a 39-year-old woman occurring after the use of pimecrolimus cream for 12 months for atopic dermatitis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Long-term treatment (5 to 8 weeks or more) with oral antibiotics such as tetracycline may control skin eruptions. [ailesburyclinic.ie]

The causative role of Demodex folliculorum should be considered in immunocompetent children with rosacea or rosacea-like refractory eruptions. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Exfoliative Dermatitis

A 77-yr-old Japanese man presented with a 3-mo history of erythematous eruptions with pruritus over almost the entire body. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Many, but not all, of these eruptions may be triggered by drugs. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Over the next four days the eruption worsened into erythroderma with fever and generalized lymphadenopathy. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Dysidrosis

Dyshidrosis (cheiropompholyx, dyshidrotic eczema, pompholyx) is a skin condition that is characterized by vesicular eruption on the hands or feet. [symptoma.com]

After several hours of itching or burning in the hands, feet or both, the eruption develops. [patient.info]

Factors related to the eruption of vesicles include skin infections, emotional stress, and exposure to contact allergens and irritants. [skincareguide.com]

Nummular Dermatitis

Removal of the amalgam from dental metal alloys markedly improved their skin eruptions. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Nummular Dermatitis Sign and symptoms Symptoms • There is a long history of pruritic eruptions and these eruptions starts on legs. • Eruptions on the skin burn and sting. [drthindhomeopathy.com]

It normally erupts in the extremities and affects both females and males albeit in different age distributions. [symptoma.com]

Lichen Planus

Abstract Lichen planus (LP) and lichenoid drug eruptions (LDEs) uncommonly occur after vaccination, especially for hepatitis B and influenza. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Cutaneous lesions can be localized or eruptive [9]. [doi.org]

“Exanthematous” or “eruptive” LP is a rare variant of the disease. [doi.org]

Scabies

Subcorneal pustular dermatosis is characterized by numerous relapsing pustular eruptions on normal or mildly erythematous skin. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] cream resulted in resolution of the entire eruption, including the primary nodule. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The eruption was treated with topical corticosteroids and emollient therapy. There was no other new drug administration or a history of irritants. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Pemphigus

Although the precise mechanism of this cutaneous eruption is unknown, clinicians should be alert for this potentially serious complication and evaluate all cutaneous eruptions [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

In rare situations, a bullous eruption known as pemphigus syphiliticus may develop. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

In such cases, the disease presents with all the hallmarks of the primary dermatosis, but the eruption is limited to the field of irradiation and is often amenable to treatment [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Folliculitis

Oral ivermectin, 12 mg, was given, and the eruption cleared within 24 hours. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Five cases were brought to the clinic, but at least 30 other inmates were reported to have similar cutaneous eruptions. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The eruptions are graded by severity: Grade 1: macular-papular eruption or erythema without associated symptoms Grade 2: macular-papular eruption, erythema, or local desquamation [dermatologyadvisor.com]

Adult-Onset Still Disease

Therefore, biopsy of atypical eruptions in AOSD patients is recommended because it is likely that the highly distinctive histopathologic features will allow these eruptions [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Two children had splinter hemorrhages of the nail beds and one girl developed a fixed, scaling, pigmented, linear eruption. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Of these patients, 81% concurrently had the typical evanescent skin eruption. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Bullous Impetigo

DISCUSSION Pustular eruptions pose a diagnostic dilemma during the neonatal period. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Furthermore, epidemolysin was measured in the blister fluid of 3 of 5 children with bullous impetigo but not in blister fluid from control patients with other blistering eruptions [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Bullous impetigo is a blistering eruption caused by Staphylococcus aureus. The earliest lesion is a vesicle, which rapidly evolves into a bulla. [skincareguide.ca]

Pityriasis Lichenoides et Varioliformis Acuta

No first-line treatment scheme succeeded in controlling the eruption of new lesions. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

PLEVA was initially categorized vaguely in the group of “rhythmic eruptions”. [dermatologyadvisor.com]

After a period of a mild eruption, extensive polymorphous, papular and ulcerohemorrhagic skin lesions developed, associated with intermittent high temperature and constitutional [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Discoid Lupus Erythematosus

We describe a unique case of eruptive keratoacanthomatous scaly papules in a 56-year-old woman with discoid lupus erythematosus. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Previously, a discoid lupus erythematosus-like eruption linked to its use was rarely reported in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Topical tacrolimus treatment improved the eruptions. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis

Eruptions are deemed "fixed" because upon repeated exposure they recur at previously affected sites. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Abstract Fever is a symptom that often accompanies skin eruptions, especially in children. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Severe bullous eruptions in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients include bullous SLE, Rowell syndrome, toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), and TEN-like eruption of acute [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Secondary Syphilis

[…] persistence of syphilis in both developed and underdeveloped regions highlights the importance of considering syphilitic infection in the setting of a cutaneous pustular eruption [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Eruptions may be limited and discrete, profuse, generalized, or more or less confluent and may vary in intensity. [dartmouth.edu]

Similarly, the histology of secondary syphilitic lesions may show considerable variation, depending on the clinical morphology of the eruption. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Impetigo

A 41-year-old man visited our dermatology clinic because an eruption, which was resistant to steroid ointment treatment, had appeared on his right forearm. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[L. a scabby eruption, fr. im- peto ( inp- ), to rush on, attack] impetigo, impetigo contagiosa (im? [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

We report a 14-month-old White boy who was referred to our dermatology unit for evaluation of a skin eruption on his nose. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Dermatomyositis

She had a history of severe drug eruption during neoadjuvant chemotherapy six months previously. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

RESULTS: The most common toxicities included cutaneous eruption, gastrointestinal upset, mucocutaneous dyspigmentation, neurologic toxicity, and retinopathy. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Skin eruption of other areas Eruption of the upper outer thigh, mid face, eye lid margins and dorsum of the hands would be typical areas. [medicaljoyworks.com]

Dermatitis Herpetiformis

Diagnosis Your dermatologist will take a small biopsy of the unaffected skin very close to an eruption or eruption site. [gluten.org]

DH is a skin condition characterized by watery blisters that erupt periodically (most often on the back, hairline, elbows, knees, face, buttocks, back of neck but can erupt [realfoodallergyfree.com]

This condition is sometimes misdiagnosed clinically as dyshidrotic eczema, contact dermatitis, scabies, and drug eruptions. [symptoma.com]

Herpes Simplex Infection

The patient had herpes simplex before, and this was the second herpetic eruption. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Herpes simplex type 1 produces a perilabial vesicular eruption that normally resolves without scarring. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Two weeks following an eruption of herpes labialis, a 20-year-old white female patient developed acutely painful oral and labial ulcers accompanied by target skin lesions. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Serum Sickness

We report a patient who developed a serum sickness-like illness characterized by fever, arthritis, haematuria and a purpuric eruption 7 days following streptokinase therapy [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

An urticarial eruption, with systemic complaints consistent with a serum sickness-like reaction, attributed to Pamabron is described. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Clinical manifestations are similar to those of serum sickness, with fever, malaise, and cutaneous eruption. However, on laboratory workup, complement levels are normal. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Seborrheic Dermatitis

There have been two cases of seborrheic dermatitis-like eruption induced by rIL-2. However, neither of them had histopathological evaluation. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

We report a case of hand-foot syndrome associated with a papulo-pustular and seborrheic dermatitis-like eruption of the face in a 61-year-old patient treated with erlotinib [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

She applied tacalcitol cream twice daily for 4 weeks, and her facial eruptions thus cleared up completely. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]