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Atypical hand-foot-and-mouth disease presented in a 3-year-old boy as a progressive papulovesicular rash on his buttock, legs, hands, feet, axilla, and oropharynx following pharyngitis.
Case report describing a 3-year-old boy with atypical hand-foot-and-mouth disease.
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Alerts clinicians to atypical HFMD presentations in toddlers; leaves open need for larger studies on spectrum and management.
A 3-year-old boy presented to the pediatric emergency department with a 4-day history of a progressive papulovesicular rash that started on his buttock and involved his legs, hands, feet, axilla and oropharynx ([Figure 1][1]). Ten days earlier, he had been diagnosed with pharyngitis and prescribed
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Hoffmann et al. (2020) studied this question. Atypical hand-foot-and-mouth disease presented in a 3-year-old boy as a progressive papulovesicular rash on his buttock, legs, hands, feet, axilla, and oropharynx following pharyngitis.
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