U025 Re-looking Erythema Migrans
DESCRIPTION
Open admission to eligible categories, no tuition or ticket
Approximately 1/2 million cases of Lyme disease occur annually in the United States and its geographic range is expanding. Many clinicians rely on a history of a tick bite and the buzzword "bullseye" lesion to diagnose erythema migrans. In reality, most patients do not recall a history of tick bite, nor present with a "bullseye" lesion. There are more consistent clinical features than "bullseye" lesions that should alert clinicians to the possibility of erythema migrans. In addition, nearly 20% of erythema migrans presents with multiple lesions and between 5-10% of patients have vesiculobullous changes.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Recognize that most lesions of erythema migrans do not demonstrate a bullseye lesion.
Describe reliable clinical features present in the majority of erythema migrans lesions.
Identify atypical erythema migrans presentations.
SCHEDULE
12:30 AM
Re-looking Erythema Migrans
SPEAKERS
Ankit Gor, MD, FAAD
Joseph C. Pierson, MD, FAAD
SPEAKER DISCLOSURES
Ankit Gor, MD, FAAD
No financial relationships exist with ineligible companies.
Joseph C. Pierson, MD, FAAD
No financial relationships exist with ineligible companies.