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Shahbaz A. Janjua, MD

Diagnosis

pityriasis rosea

Body Site

back

Age

15 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

scattered

Color

red

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

symmetric central (centrifugal - trunk predominant)

Comments

This healthy adolescent developed a large scaly red patch on the back followed a week later by a widespread papulosquamous eruption. The lesions were primarily rtuncal and only minimally pruritic.

Description

symmetric oval 0.5-3.0 cm red patches with central trailing scale

Categories

papulosquamous eruptions

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8/26/2003 23:08:36

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