Tag George Varigos

Emergency dermatology

Essentials 1 Emergency dermatology presentations may be divided into potentially life-threatening dermatoses, vesiculo-bullous conditions, petechial and purpuric rashes, and inflammatory dermatoses such as eczema, urticaria and psoriasis. 2 Potentially life-threatening presentations include Stevens-Johnson syndrome, toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), Sweet syndrome,…