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Access Medicine's Image of the Week: Measles

From: Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 20e: Chapter A1: Atlas of Rashes Associated with Fever

Senior Editor, McGraw-Hill Education

Published Oct 24, 2018

In measles, discrete erythematous lesions become confluent on the face and neck over 2–3 days as the rash spreads downward to the trunk and arms, where lesions remain discrete. (Reprinted from K Wolff, RA Johnson: Fitzpatrick’s Color Atlas and Synopsis of Clinical Dermatology, 5th ed. New York, McGraw-Hill, 2005.) The photo shows upper body (lower part of neck, arms, chest and abdomen) of a patientÂ covered with erythematous lesions as seen in measles.