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Recurrent Annular Erythematous Scaly Patches
Young Min Park, MD;
Sang Hee Ham, MD;
Sang Hyun Cho, MD;
Baik Kee Cho, MD
Our Lady of Mercy Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Inchon
Arch Dermatol. 2002;138:405-410.
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REPORT OF A CASE
A 39-year-old man presented with a 5-year history of a recurrent annular
eruption that typically began on his calves, elbows, and thighs and then spread
to involve his buttocks and trunk. The eruption spontaneously resolved without
any treatment, but over time became more frequent.
Physical examination revealed widespread annular scaly lesions, some
as large as 10 cm in diameter, on the trunk, buttocks, and limbs (Figure 1). The advancing border was slightly
elevated, erythematous, scaly, and superficially eroded, while centrally the
skin was hyperpigmented (Figure 2).
Potassium hydroxide examination and bacterial culture of the lesions revealed
no organisms.
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Figure 1.
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Figure 2.
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The patient's medical history was unremarkable. However, every day,
for the preceding 20 years, he had drunk 1 bottle of a Korean alcoholic beverage
(Soju), and liver function . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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