pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta
- pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta
pityriasis li·che·noi·des et var·i·o·li·for·mis acu·ta -.lī-kə-'nȯi-.dēz-et-.var-ē-.ō-lə-'fȯr-məs-ə-'k(y)üt-ə n a disease of unknown cause that is characterized by the sudden appearance of polymorphous lesions (as papules, purpuric vesicles, crusts, or ulcerations) resembling chicken pox but tending to persist from a month to as long as years, occurs esp. between the ages of 30 and 50, and is more common in men
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(PLEVA) an acute or subacute, sometimes relapsing, widespread macular, papular, or vesicular eruption that tends to crusting, necrosis, and hemorrhage, which heals to leave pigmented depressed scars, followed by a new crop of lesions. Occasionally, progression to chronic lichenoid pityriasis may occur. Called also acute lichenoid p., p. lichenoides acuta, acute parapsoriasis, and Habermann, Mucha-Habermann, or Mucha disease.
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