Desquamation

Aka: Desquamation, Scaling

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II. See Also

  1. Diffuse Erythema and Desquamation in the Febrile Patient

III. Pathophysiology

  1. Rapid epithelial cell proliferation
  2. Stratum Corneum (outer epidermal layer) does not form
  3. Outermost layer now appears as scale

IV. Signs

  1. Desquamating layers of skin
  2. Sandpaper feel suggests solar keratosis

V. Causes: Examples

  1. See Diffuse Erythema and Desquamation in the Febrile Patient
  2. Erythroderma (Exfoliative Erythroderma Syndrome)
  3. Drug Eruption
  4. Ichthyosis Vulgaris
  5. Mycosis Fungoides
  6. Sun Burn
  7. Radiation Dermatitis
  8. Scarlet Fever
  9. Kawasaki's Disease

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