enanthem

{{Short description|Rash on the mucous membranes}}

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Enanthem or enanthema is a rash (small spots) on the mucous membranes.{{DorlandsDict|three/000034932|enanthema}} It is characteristic of patients with viral infections{{cite journal|vauthors=Drago F, Rampini E, Rebora A|date=August 2002|title=Atypical exanthems: morphology and laboratory investigations may lead to an aetiological diagnosis in about 70% of cases|journal=Br. J. Dermatol.|volume=147|issue=2|pages=255–60|doi=10.1046/j.1365-2133.2002.04826.x|pmid=12174095}} causing hand foot and mouth disease, measles, and sometimes chicken pox, or COVID-19.[https://bgr.com/2020/07/18/coronavirus-symptoms-mouth-rash-enanthem/ Chris Smith (18 July 2020) Doctors discovered a new coronavirus symptom that patients didn’t even know they had] In addition, bacterial infections such as scarlet fever may also be a cause of enanthema. The aforementioned diseases usually present with exanthema and enanthema.

Enanthema can also indicate hypersensitivity.{{cite journal |vauthors=Lanzafame M, Trevenzoli M, Lattuada E, Faggian F, Vento S, Concia E |title=Enanthema as the first clinical manifestation of abacavir hypersensitivity reaction: a case report |journal=Infez Med |volume=11 |issue=1 |pages=40–1 |date=March 2003 |pmid=12719670 }}