Mycoplasma pneumoniae-Induced Red Fingers

An 11-year-old girl presented with a 4-day history of erythema of her distal fingers. The lesions appeared on all fingers simultaneously after 1 week of fever and a nonproductive cough. She had received only acetaminophen, and her medical history was unremarkable. At presentation, she had intense, well-delineated erythematous macules in the periungual and pulp areas of all fingers (Figure), but not her toes, and without associated pain, tenderness, swelling, numbness, or Raynaud's phenomenon. The nail plates were normal, and there was no periungual telangiectasia.

Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - September 28, 2018 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Patrick M. Meyer Sauteur, Martin Theiler, Christa Relly, Patrik Schimert, Christoph Berger Tags: Insights and Images Source Type: research