U025 Re-looking Erythema Migrans
DESCRIPTION
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
4:30 PM
Re-looking Erythema Migrans
DIRECTOR
Joseph C. Pierson, MD, FAAD
CO-DIRECTOR
Ankit Gor, MD, FAAD
DISCLOSURES
Ankit Gor, MD, FAAD
No financial relationships exist with ineligible companies.
Joseph C. Pierson, MD, FAAD
No financial relationships exist with ineligible companies.