maculopapular
- adjective
- /ˌmæk.jʊ.loʊˈpæp.jʊ.lər/
- Specialized
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maculopapular
- Onset can be mild or sudden: at first, the rash may be maculopapular and blanching, or there may be no rash at all.
- maculopapular rash
- maculopapular eruption
Examples
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On hospital day 2, a maculopapular rash erupted over the patient's trunk (Figure 1, panel A), several small aphthous ulcers appeared on her soft palate, and she had mild diarrhea.
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The patient developed a maculopapular rash on their back and arms after starting the medication.
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Generalized maculopapular skin rash was seen in three subjects.
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We could not locate any similar reports of maculopapular rash due to pyrazinamide.
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A diagnosis of antitubercular drug-induced maculopapular rash was made.
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We report a case of erythematous maculopapular rash caused by pyrazinamide in a patient treated for tuberculosis.
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She was hospitalized, after which a maculopapular rash developed and became confluent.
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Although skin reactions due to pyrazinamide are not well reported, one should be suspicious of maculopapular rashes due to pyrazinamide as well.
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Up to 5% of the patients receiving penicillins, sulfonamides, phenytoin, or gold will develop a maculopapular eruption.
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After 11 days of therapy, she presented to our outpatient department with symptomatic improvement in respiratory condition but with pruritic erythematous maculopapular lesions all over the body, upper and lower limbs, and a few papules on both arms.
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Synonyms
A rash that looks like measles with many small red spots
How Measles-Like
- Specialized
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
maculopapular = macule + papule (semi-transparent) = macule + papule + ar
The adjective is formed by adding -ar to the compound macule+papule and its meaning (both flat and raised spots) is compositionally clear, but the components are specialised medical terms and the combining form/technical register may be unfamiliar to general learners.
Etymology
Maculopapular comes from Latin parts macula ('spot') and papule ('small pimple' or 'raised bump'). So a maculopapular rash has both flat spots and little raised bumps, and you can remember it as 'spot + pimple'.
