Maculopapular Rash

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"Figure G: Please, PLEASE stop saying maculopapular!!!"
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.[1] To emphasize this point, internal medicine physicians will repeatedly say maculopapular in increasingly louder tones, causing any dermatologist's eardrums[2] to perforate and bleed (See Figure G). When this happens, please escort the dermatologist away and if needed get consent for blood transfusion.


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References


  1. An Internist’s Guide to the Description of Rashes (Gomerblog)
  2. Anatomy of the Ear (Gomerblog)


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