A 7-year-old girl who comes for consultation because her parents notice her red face since the previous day and in the last few hours they have noticed red spots on her body. On examination she is afebrile, with tonsils and ears without alterations, normal cardiopulmonary auscultation. He presents a confluent maculo papular rash on both cheeks, respecting the upper lip, resembling a "slapped" face. In the thorax she presents a reticular, lacy, non-pruritic exanthem. What is the most probable clinical diagnosis?
Although this question straddles the line between derma and pediatrics, we would like to do our bit. We are being told about erythema súdenita or fifth disease (also called megaloerythema), caused by parvovirus B19. It is typical that after an episode of high fever an erythema appears on both cheeks in the form of a "slap" that usually has a cranial-caudal extension in the following days.
Chickenpox.
Rubella.
Erythema infectiosum or 5th disease.
Sudden exanthema or 6th disease.
We are being told about erythema súdenita or fifth disease (also called megaloerythema), caused by parvovirus B19. It is typical that after an episode of high fever an erythema appears on both cheeks in the form of a "slap" that usually has a cranial-caudal extension in the following days.