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Why we should abandon the misused descriptor ‘erythema’
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The accurate meaning of “erythema” has become so adulterated that we should abandon its use as a descriptor. This is necessary for clarity of scientific thinking, precise communication, and appropriate education to reflect skin disease across the human race. We agree with Burgin et al1 that appropriate skin colour descriptors should be used. While editing the British Association of Dermatologists’ book Dermatology Training: the Essentials,2 we tried to ensure that text and images reflected multi-ethnic populations and diversity of disease presentations and reflected on the highly prevalent use of the word “erythema”.
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Erythema is frequently underestimated and may appear more violaceous and grey in individuals with darker skin tone.
“For example, erythema, a common marker of inflammation, is frequently underestimated and may appear more violaceous and grey in individuals with darker skin tone.72,73”
From Assessing the performance of artificial intelligence models in evaluating inflammatory skin disease severity: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2025) · cites this paper as [73]
In “Why we should abandon the misused descriptor ‘erythema’,” Finlay says inflammation in darker skin may cause violaceous or grey colour changes and that misuse of ‘erythema’ can underrate disease severity. The paper also insists that erythema means redness: it is inflammation, not erythema itself, that may appear violaceous or grey. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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Hönigsmann, H. (2002) · Photodermatology Photoimmunology & Photomedicine · doi:10.1034/j.1600-0781.2002.180204.x · Cited by 122
Dermatological education for the 21st century: prioritizing diversity
Burgin, S., Dlova, N. C., & Goldsmith, L. A. (2020) · British Journal of Dermatology · doi:10.1111/bjd.19663 · Cited by 12
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- Chowdhury MMU, 2022, Dermatology Training: The Essentials
- Celsus AC, De Medicina
- Turner DA, 1726, Treatise of Diseases Incident to the Skin, 116
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Cai, Z. R., Kim, J., Rezaei, S. J., Chen, M. L., Touma, F., Zhu, C., Onyeka, S., Fonjungo, F., Omiye, J. A., Krakowski, I., et al. (2025) · British Journal of Dermatology · doi:10.1093/bjd/ljaf250 · Cited by 8
“72,73 Therefore, exploring the use of objective reference standards such as colorimetry could be valuable for enhancing AI performance in disease severity assessments.”
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- Authors
- Finlay, A. Y., Griffiths, T. W., Belmo, S., & Chowdhury, M. M. U.
- Affiliations
- Cardiff University (GB)
- Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Croydon University Hospital (GB)
- University Hospital of Wales (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Finlay, A.Y.
- Venue
- British Journal of Dermatology
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2021-09-30
- Volume
- 185
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1240-1241
- ISSN
- 0007-0963 (ISSN-L)
- 1365-2133
- PMC
- PMC9292979
- OpenAlex
- W3185130057
- Cited by
- 31
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 1
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
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- British Journal of Dermatology (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University) (acceptedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Anatomy › Classical Anatomy and Histology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Dermatology › Medicine and Dermatology Studies History
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Medical Terminology › Medical Research and Practices
- Keywords
- erythema, terminology, skin pigmentation, disease presentation, dermatology education, British Association of Dermatologists
- MeSH terms
- Erythema, Humans
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