Figurate erythema

Figurate erythema is a form of erythema that presents in a ring or an arc shape.^[1]

An example is erythema marginatum.

References

↑ Robert Parker; Asheesh Sharma (October 2008). General Medicine. Elsevier Health Sciences. pp. 102–. ISBN 978-0-7234-3461-0. Retrieved 1 May 2011.

Urticaria and erythema (L50–L54, 695, 708)

Urticaria
(acute/chronic)

Allergic urticaria

Urticarial allergic eruption

Physical urticaria

Cold urticaria Familial Primary cold contact urticaria Secondary cold contact urticaria Reflex cold urticaria

Heat urticaria Localized heat contact urticaria Solar urticaria

Dermatographic urticaria Vibratory angioedema Pressure urticaria Cholinergic urticaria Aquagenic urticaria

Other urticaria

Angioedema

Erythema

Erythema multiforme/ drug eruption	Erythema multiforme minor Erythema multiforme major (Stevens–Johnson syndrome, Toxic epidermal necrolysis) panniculitis (Erythema nodosum) Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis

Figurate erythema	Erythema annulare centrifugum Erythema marginatum Erythema migrans Erythema gyratum repens

Other erythema	Necrolytic migratory erythema Erythema toxicum Erythroderma Palmar erythema Generalized erythema

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