Erythema multiforme‐like hand, foot, and mouth disease in an immunocompetent adult: a case report

Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease Mimicking Erythema Multiforme in an Immunocompetent Adult

“…Adults are less likely to manifest oral involvement than children 4 , and the patient in this case did not also have perioral lesions, only showing targetoid macular eruption predominant in trunk. Similarly, a previous report showed targetoid macules and vesicles imitating EM in adult-onset HFMD but with oral mucosal ulcers 5 . In our case, serologic analysis confirmed co-infection of atypical strains Coxsackievirus A6 and A10 with the common strain A16.…”

Dermoscopy of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease

“…Erythema multiforme-like presentation has been described in both adult and pediatric patients with atypical HFMD. [ 3 ]…”