Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease: Or something else? Differential Diagnosis

Skin and subcutaneous (L00-L99).

  • Erythema exsudativum multiforme (synonyms: erythema multiforme, cocard erythema, disc rose) – acute inflammation occurring in the upper corium, resulting in typical cocard-shaped lesions; a minor and a major form are distinguished.

Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99).

  • Gingivostomatitis herpetica (synonyms: “oral thrush“; herpes gingivostomatitis; stomatitis aphthosa; aphthous stomatitis; stomatitis herpetica) – inflammatory disease of the oral mucosa (stomatitis) and gums (gingivitis) caused by the herpes virus (herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1)).
  • Herpangina – infectious disease of the lymphatic pharyngeal ring, which usually occurs in childhood; disease is caused by Coxsackie viruses.
  • Herpes zoster (shingles)
  • Varicella (chickenpox)

Liver, gallbladder and bile ducts – Pancreas (pancreas) (K70-K77; K80-K87).