Key result
Hand, foot, and mouth disease can present atypically in young children by mimicking erythema multiforme, a clinical presentation usually reported only in adults.
Why the study?
Atypical presentations of hand, foot, and mouth disease are usually reported in adults rather than young children.
Highlights that atypical presentations of hand, foot, and mouth disease mimicking erythema multiforme can occur in young children, not just adults.
Atypical HFMD may mimic erythema multiforme in children; extends adult reports but leaves open diagnostic implications.
The case report describes an atypical presentation of hand, foot, and mouth disease Hand Foot And Mouth Disease (HFMD) in a young child which mimicked the typical clinical picture of erythema multiforme. Usually, the atypical presentation of HFMD is reported in adults, here, we present the atypical presentation in a young child.
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Sukhija et al. (2023) studied this question. Hand, foot, and mouth disease can present atypically in young children by mimicking erythema multiforme, a clinical presentation usually reported only in adults.
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