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Pityriasis Lichenoides et Varioliformis Acuta

Pityriasis Lichenoides et Varioliformis Acuta

Daniela Kulichova and Thomas Ruzicka
Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany

Published:  26 July 2010

 

Pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta (PLEVA), also known as acute parapsoriasis, acute pityriasis lichenoides and Mucha-Habermann disease, is classified by some authors as a lymphoproliferative disease due to lymphocyte proliferation. Multiple hemorrhagic vesicles and necrotic papules healing into varioliform scars are typically located on the trunk...

 
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