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[[File:Dermatologist's Ears Bleeding.jpg|500px|thumb|leftright|''"Figure G: Please, PLEASE stop saying maculopapular!!!"'']][[File:An Internist's Guide to Rashes.jpg|500px|thumb|right|''Figure 5: "This chart is so hard to memorize!"'']]
A '''maculopapular rash''' is a type of rash characterized by internal medicine physicians as macular and/or papular, possibly rash-like, and involving the skin. To any internist and hospitalist, the differential diagnosis for a '''maculopapular rash''' includes nearly every skin condition and infection known to man because they are all maculopapular (see Figure 5) and as a result needs dermatology involved.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/07/internist-guide-rashes/ An Internist’s Guide to the Description of Rashes]</ref> To emphasize this point, internal medicine physicians will repeatedly say maculopapular in increasingly louder tones, causing any dermatologist's eardrums<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2014/11/ear-anatomy/ Anatomy of the Ear]</ref> to perforate and [[Earbleed|bleed]] (See Figure G). When this happens, please escort the dermatologist away and if needed get consent for [[Blood Transfusion|blood transfusion]].