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. 2018 Nov-Dec;9(6):414-417.
doi: 10.4103/idoj.IDOJ_12_18.

Pityriasis Rosea: Clinical Profile from Central India

Namrata Chhabra  1 , Neel Prabha  2 , Sandeep Kulkarni  3 , Satyaki Ganguly  1
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Pityriasis Rosea: Clinical Profile from Central India

Namrata Chhabra et al. Indian Dermatol Online J. 2018 Nov-Dec.

Abstract

Background: Pityriasis rosea (PR) is a common, self-limiting dermatologic disorder. The information regarding the clinical profile of the disease in India is limited because of inadequate studies.

Materials and methods: A retrospective, record-based study on the clinical presentation of PR was conducted in a tertiary care center based in Central India. Data of all the patients presenting to our outpatient department from October 2014 to March 2015 with a clinical diagnosis of PR were analyzed.

Results: The age of the patients ranged from 9 to 54 (mean-20.32) years. There was a male preponderance with a male-to-female ratio of 1.3:1. History of prodromal symptoms was present in 11 (27.5%) patients. Pruritus was a common symptom in 30 of 40 (75%) patients. Of 40 patients, 15 (35%) had herald patch. The morphology of skin lesions was typical in most of the patients (77.5%). Two (5%) patients had papular skin lesions, four (10%) patients had erythema multiforme-like skin lesions, and one patient each had papulovesicular, psoriasiform, and eczematous skin lesions.

Conclusion: The clinical features of most of the cases were mostly in accordance with the classical pattern of PR, with few unusual features.

Keywords: Epidemiology; India; pityriasis rosea.

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Pityriasis rosea lesions confined to head and neck in a 12-year-old male
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Papular pityriasis rosea lesions over trunk in a 20-year-old male
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Figure 3
Papulosquamous pityriasis rosea lesions over trunk in a 35-year-old male patient
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Figure 4
Eczematous pityriasis rosea lesions over right arm and trunk in a 16-year-old male patient
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