Enanthem

Rash on the mucous membranes

Medical condition

Enanthem

Rubella (German measles) enanthema
Specialty| Infectious diseases, dermatology
Differential diagnosis| smallpox

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.

Enanthema can also indicate hypersensitivity.[4]

## See also

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* Koplik's spots
* Strawberry tongue
* Forchheimer spots

## References

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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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* ICD-10: B09

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