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. 2016 Aug;16(3):e381-2.
doi: 10.18295/squmj.2016.16.03.023. Epub 2016 Aug 19.

Coral-Red Fluorescence of Erythrasma Plaque

Gonzalo Blasco-Morente  1 , Salvador Arias-Santiago  2 , Israel Pérez-López  2 , Antonio Martínez-López  2
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Coral-Red Fluorescence of Erythrasma Plaque

Gonzalo Blasco-Morente et al. Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J. 2016 Aug.
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Figure 1A & B:
Figure 1A & B:
A: Diffuse, brownish, well-defined, scaly plaque in the left inguinal region of a 50-year-old man. Note the ‘cigarette paper’ appearance. B: Wood’s light skin examination of the plaque showing bright coral-red fluorescence characteristic of erythrasma.
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