Erythema Migrans, Lyme Disease - DermAtlas

Contributor

Alison Young, MD

Diagnosis

erythema migrans Lyme disease

Body Site

abdomen

Age

53 days

Pigmentation

medium

Organization

annular

Color

red

Morphology

plaqulous (plaque / nodule / tumor)

Pattern

solitary

Comments

A 53-year-old man who remembered a tick bite 3 days earloer, developed an annular erythematous plaque on the left side of his abdomen. Skn biopsy revealed superficial and deep perivascular lymphocytic infiltrate. He was treated with oral doxycycline, and the Lyme titer turned positive 3 weeks later.

Description

solitary annular erythematous plaque with a dark red center

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5/17/2004 20:08:20

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