Open AccessPicture Quiz: A Red Man on the AMU – Answers
Author(s) -
Ashraf Kamour,
Andrew Thompson
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
acute medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.14
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1747-4892
pISSN - 1747-4884
DOI - 10.52964/amja.0467
Subject(s) - erythroderma , medicine , dermatology , variety (cybernetics) , computer science , artificial intelligence
Erythroderma (or ‘red man syndrome’) is a diffuse inf lammation of the skin, affecting at least 90% of the skin surface. It can be the clinical manifestation of a variety of dermatological, systemic, malignant and haematological diseases. It can be also the result of a hypersensitivity reaction to drugs.