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Skin diseases and conditions affecting body folds

Synonyms:

Flexural rashes, Rashes of skin creases

ICD-10:

L20.82, L40.8, L30.4, B37.2

ICD-11:

1F23.12, EA90.52, EA81.Y, EK02.20, 1F23.12

SNOMED CT:

280909003, 266158001, 57092006, 402183009, 238600001, 23856600, 58759008

Skin diseases and conditions affecting body folds

Created 2015.

Infections Inflammatory skin conditions

Links to pages about skin conditions that favour body folds or flexures. These include behind the ears, in the folds of the neck, under the arms (axillae), under a protruding abdomen, in the groin, between the buttocks, in fingerwebs or toe spaces.

Infections

Impetigo
Boils
Folliculitis
Erythrasma
Thrush (candidiasis)
Tinea cruris (groin)
Athletes foot (between toes)
Scabies
Trichomycosis axillaris

Inflammatory skin conditions

Intertrigo
Hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating)
Flexural psoriasis
Seborrhoeic dermatitis
Atopic dermatitis
Contact irritant dermatitis
Contact allergic dermatitis
Hidradenitis suppurativa
Hailey-Hailey disease
Granular parakeratosis
Fox-Fordyce disease

Skin diseases and conditions affecting body folds — extra information

Skin diseases and conditions affecting body folds

Infections

Inflammatory skin conditions

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