DDX Diagnostic considerations
Erysipelas differential diagnosis includes the following:
Tuberculoid leprosy
Scarlet fever
Polychondritis
Herpes zoster
Granuloma faciale
Erythema nodosum
Erythema induratum
Erysipeloid
Erysipelas carcinomatosum
Dermatophytid
Angioneurotic edema
Erysipelas could get differentiated from the cellulitis by its advancing
edges, sharply
demarcated, and characteristically raised borders, reflecting more superficial nature of it.
Cellulitis is having no lymphatic component as well as exhibits indiscreet margins.