title: [First-line dermatologic emergencies].
abstract: Dermatological emergencies encompass a series of distinct diseases of infectious, autoimmune and environmental origins. They account for a number of consultations at the general practitioner's office and in emergency units of medical centers. The concerned first line medical staffs are then facing some conditions with a dramatic potential. We review the most common conditions including urticaria, angioedema, infectious cellulitis, acute photodermatoses, the Lyell syndrome, some other paroxysmal severe adverse drug reactions, burns, erythroderma and the Kaposi-Juliusberg varicelliform eruption.
authors.affiliation: CHU du Sart Tilman, Service de Dermatopathologie, Liège.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Piérard-Franchimont
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Devillers
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Paquet
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Quatresooz
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Nikkels
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Piérard
mesh_terms: D000799:Angioedema / Q000175:diagnosis; D002056:Burns / Q000175:diagnosis; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D003873:Dermatitis, Exfoliative / Q000175:diagnosis; D003880:Dermatology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003875:Drug Eruptions / Q000175:diagnosis; D004630:Emergencies; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D007617:Kaposi Varicelliform Eruption / Q000175:diagnosis; D010787:Photosensitivity Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D013262:Stevens-Johnson Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D014581:Urticaria / Q000175:diagnosis