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Johnell Kolve

Diagnosis

pityriasis rosea

Body Site

trunk back

Age

20 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

scattered

Color

red pink

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

symmetric central (centrifugal - trunk predominant)

Comments

This healthy 20 year old man developed a large scaly pink patch on the back followed 3 days later by multiple widespread but primarily truncal oval papules and plaques. The lesions were minimally itchy and resolved without treatment 3 months later.

Description

diffuse symmetric scaly pink to red oval 1-3 cm papules and plaques

Categories

papulosquamous eruptions

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9/26/2003 7:37:03

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