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Juliana Marcondes Macèa, MD; Claudia Giuli Santi, MD; Mirian Nacagami Sotto, MD; Ruggero Caputo, MD
São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil (Drs Macèa, Santi, and Sotto), and University of Milan and IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore, Milan, Italy (Dr Caputo)

Arch Dermatol. 2003;139:531-536.

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REPORT OF A CASE

A 6-month-old boy presented with a 30-day history of erythematous, firm plaques involving his face (Figure 1) and the distal aspect of his limbs (Figure 2). Some lesions had a rosette shape and showed central clearing, leaving a yellow-brown hue. There were a few papular lesions on the patient's trunk. His mucous membranes were spared. Ten days before the onset of the eruption, he had presented with acute otitis media that was treated with amoxicillin.

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Physical examination revealed an afebrile infant in very good health. The results of a complete blood cell count, liver and renal function tests, and urinalysis were normal. The patient had an increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate (45 mm/h [reference range, 0-24 mm/h]). Serologic tests were negative for antinuclear antibody. The levels of complement . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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