title: Follicular pityriasis rosea. A case report and a new classification of clinical variants of the disease.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Atypical forms of pityriasis rosea are often noticed in Indian children.
  
  
  METHODS
  We describe a 9-year-old male child with predominant follicular eruptions on trunk consistent with a clinical diagnosis of pityriasis rosea.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Follicular pityriasis rosea is an extremely rare presentation of the disease. We propose a new classification of clinical variants of pityriasis rosea.
authors: Skin Disease Centre Nashik, Maharashtra State, India.
authors: Vijay
authors: V
authors: Zawar
authors: Antonio
authors: A
authors: Chuh