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C. S. Wright, M.D.; A. Strauss, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1930;22(5):945-949.

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A CASE FOR DIAGNOSIS. Presented by DR. J. V. KLAUDER.

A boy, aged 6, had an eruption for two weeks scattered over the trunk and extremities. This eruption consisted of maculosquamos lesions; a few were oval, and there was perhaps a slight tendency to follow the lines of cleavage. The lesions were for the most part nummular and the scale fine and branny. There was a generalized adenopathy.

DISCUSSION

DR. C. S. WRIGHT: I suggest a diagnosis of pityriasis rosea. The color of the lesions is right, a number of them are oval; there is a thin, white superficial scale on some of the lesions, and a general tendency to follow the lines of cleavage of the skin. The only thing against the diagnosis that I can see, is the unusual extent of the eruption, but I do not feel that that is of enough importance to rule it out. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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