[Pityriasis rotunda: second Tunisian case]

Tunis Med. 2002 Jun;80(6):352-5.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Pityriasis Rotunda is a dermatosis well known in Japan and Black Africa. Its unusual in Europe and North Africa. Several authors consider that Pityriasis Rotunda is an acquired ichtyose and that it represents a real paraneoplastic syndrome. We report the case of Tunisian men suffering from a Pityriasis Rotunda associated to a dilatation of branch.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pityriasis / epidemiology
  • Pityriasis / etiology
  • Pityriasis / pathology*
  • Sex Distribution
  • Tunisia / epidemiology