title: [Pink pityriasis in primary care. Review of 46 cases].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We pretend to improve the knowledge and management of pityriasis rosea by family practitioners.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective qualitative study by the review of the registry in a outpatient Dermatology clinic.
  
  
  METHODS
  This work is made in the Dermatology clinic attending to San Sebastián de los Reyes population (Madrid) that's situated in the V Centenario Center.
  
  
  RESULTS
  46 patients (28 females) were diagnosticated (mean age 25 +/- 13). Incidence was 85/100,000 hab; 12 patients were derivated urgently; 38 cases showed herald patch (82.6%). Lesions had characteristical distribution in 36 patients (78.3%); 43 cases had a clinic diagnosis (93.5%). Treatment wasn't necessary in 20 patients (43.5%). Most usual General Practitioner's presumption diagnosis was pityriasis rosea (21.7%); there was no diagnosis in 36.9%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We find inexperience in general practitioners about pityriasis rosea. It's necessary a correct knowledge and management of this pathology in Primary Care.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Salud V Centenario, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid.
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Castell Alcalá
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Borbujo Martínez
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Olmos Carrasco
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: De Antonio García
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Toribio Dapena
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Casado Jiménez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010915:Pityriasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Pitiriasis rosada en atención primaria. Revisión de 46 casos.