Endgames
Spot Diagnosis
Rash on the arms and legs
BMJ 2015; 351 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h4131 (Published 03 August 2015) Cite this as: BMJ 2015;351:h4131
- Melvyn Jones, general practitioner and senior lecturer1,
- Paul de Keyser, consultant paediatrician2
- 1Research Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London Medical School, Royal Free Campus, London NW3 2PF, UK
- 2Department of Paediatrics, Barnet Hospital, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London
- Correspondence to: M Jones melvyn.jones{at}ucl.ac.uk
An 11 year old girl presented to her general practitioner with painful skin lesions on her arms (fig A⇓) and legs (fig B). She had a three week history of an upper respiratory illness and had been started on amoxicillin for presumed lower respiratory tract infection. Three days after starting treatment, she re-attended with a rash on her arms and legs; her parents were worried that it was caused by a drug allergy. Apart …
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