TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - The Acutely Ill and Hospitalized Patient A1 - Saavedra, Arturo P. A1 - Roh, Ellen K. A1 - Mikailov, Anar Y1 - 2023 N1 - T2 - Fitzpatrick’s Color Atlas and Synopsis of Clinical Dermatology, 9e AB - Exfoliative erythroderma is a serious, at times life-threatening, reaction pattern of the skin characterized by a uniform redness, infiltration, and scaling, which involves >90% of the skin.It is associated with fever, malaise, shivers, and generalized lymphadenopathy.In the acute phase, there is rapid onset of generalized erythema. Skin is warm to touch, and scale presents few days afterwards. In chronic EES, the skin thickens, and can feel leathery.There may be loss of scalp and body hair. Nails become thickened, and may lift from the nail bed (onycholysis) or shed (onychomadesis).There may be hyperpigmentation or patchy loss of pigment in skin of color.The most frequent preexisting skin disorders are psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, adverse cutaneous drug reaction, lymphoma, allergic contact dermatitis, seborrheic dermatitis, and pityriasis rubra pilaris. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1199569143 ER -