[Pityriasis rotunda].
Pityriasis rotunda (PR) is a well-known skin disease in Japan, but it is seldom observed in Europe. Because it is often associated with an underlying, sometimes malignant disease, it is regarded by some authors as a clinical form of acquired ichthyosis. We report the case of a 20-year old male Congolese presenting with PR and ichthyosis vulgaris. This rarely described association raises the problem, discussed here, of whether PR belongs to ichthyosis vulgaris.
Combemale
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Service de Dermato-Vénéréologie, HIA Desgenettes, Lyon.
L'Hénaff
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Guennoc
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B
D017255:Acitretin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007057:Ichthyosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010915:Pityriasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D017211:Treatment Failure
D017255:Acitretin
Pityriasis rotunda.