Transformation from pityriasis rubra pilaris to erythema gyratum repens–like eruption without associated malignancy: A report of 2 cases

Autor: Mary Seabury Stone, Patricia M. Richey, Janet A. Fairley
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: JAAD Case Reports
ISSN: 2352-5126
Popis: Erythema gyratum repens (EGR), considered one of the most specific cutaneous paraneoplastic phenomena, is characterized by a serpiginous morphology and a migrating scaly border. EGR is associated with malignancy, most commonly bronchial, esophageal, and breast, in more than 80% of cases.1, 2 Here we report 2 cases of patients with pityriasis rubra pilaris (PRP), whose eruption transformed to an EGR-like eruption without any evidence of malignancy.
Databáze: OpenAIRE