Acute desquamating skin eruption

Definition

A provisional diagnosis for a skin eruption of unknown or uncertain nature which arises abruptly and in which desquamation (shedding of skin scales) is a prominent feature. This is seen characteristically in the later stages of many acute viral exanthemata but may also be seen in drug reactions and in unstable and erythrodermic psoriasis.

Also indexed as

Nearby in Acute skin eruption of uncertain or unspecified nature

• ME62.0Acute erythematous skin eruption
• ME62.1Acute purpuric skin eruption
• ME62.2Acute urticarial skin eruption
• ME62.3Acute maculopapular skin eruption
• ME62.4Acute papular skin eruption
• ME62.5Acute exudative skin eruption
• ME62.6Acute blistering skin eruption
• ME62.8Acute discoid or annular skin eruption