Pityriasis rosea. Appearance and distribution of macules aid diagnosis.

Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, 301 University Blvd, 4,174 John Sealy Annex, Galveston, TX 77555-0566, USA. bmkarnat@utmb.edu

A 40-year-old man presented with a 1-week history of a diffuse pruritic rash. The patient denied having had fever, chills, or a recent respiratory infection. He could not recall having an initial patch. Physical examination revealed numerous small, scaly patches on his trunk (figure 1). The rash spared the palms of his hands and soles of his feet as well as the distal extremities.

PMID: 12764899 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]