Pityriasis lichenoides and its subtypes.

Bowers, Sacharitha; Warshaw, Erin M · J Am Acad Dermatol · 2006

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Abstract

Pityriasis lichenoides represents a unique group of inflammatory skin disorders that include pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta (PLEVA), febrile ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann disease (a subtype of PLEVA), and pityriasis lichenoides chronica. The history, epidemiology, clinical features, pathophysiology, and treatment of this group of conditions are reviewed in this manuscript.

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