Roseola

Author:Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

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Last updated on: 25.04.2021

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Roseole:; Roseoles

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0.2-1.5 cm large, light red to bright red, generally non-pruritic, more or less transient, roundish or oval erythema, which occur in the context of an exanthema.

Roseolae are described as characteristic for the first exanthema of early syphilis(Roseola syphilitica) or for the efflorescences of typhoid exanthema (Roeseola typhosa).

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Last updated on: 25.04.2021

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer