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Pityriasis lichenoides acuta on the trunk
Keywords: PLEVA, Arm, Child, Female, Fine scale, Pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta, Red-brown maculopapular rash, Trunk
Pityriasis lichenoides (PL) is an uncommon cutaneous rash of uncertain aetiology. The acute form, pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta (PLEVA), and the chronic form, pityriasis lichenoides chronica (PLC), sit at either end of a disease spectrum with many patients showing overlapping features.
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