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Mahajan K, Relhan V, Relhan AK, et al. Pityriasis Rosea: An Update on Etiopathogenesis and Management of Difficult Aspects. Indian J Dermatol. 2016;61(4):375-84doi: 10.4103/0019-5154.185699.
Mahajan, K., Relhan, V., Relhan, A. K., & Garg, V. K. (2016). Pityriasis Rosea: An Update on Etiopathogenesis and Management of Difficult Aspects. Indian journal of dermatology, 61(4), 375-84. https://doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.185699
Mahajan, Khushbu, et al. "Pityriasis Rosea: An Update on Etiopathogenesis and Management of Difficult Aspects." Indian journal of dermatology vol. 61,4 (2016): 375-84. doi: https://doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.185699
Mahajan K, Relhan V, Relhan AK, Garg VK. Pityriasis Rosea: An Update on Etiopathogenesis and Management of Difficult Aspects. Indian J Dermatol. 2016 Jul-Aug;61(4):375-84. doi: 10.4103/0019-5154.185699. PMID: 27512182; PMCID: PMC4966395.
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Indian J Dermatol. 2016 Jul-Aug;61(4):375-84. doi: 10.4103/0019-5154.185699.

Pityriasis Rosea: An Update on Etiopathogenesis and Management of Difficult Aspects.

Indian journal of dermatology

Khushbu Mahajan, Vineet Relhan, Aditi Kochhar Relhan, Vijay Kumar Garg

Affiliations

  1. Department of Dermatology, North Delhi Municipal Corporation Medical College, Hindu Rao Hospital, New Delhi, India.
  2. Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India.
  3. South Delhi MCD Hospital, New Delhi, India.

PMID: 27512182 PMCID: PMC4966395 DOI: 10.4103/0019-5154.185699

Abstract

Pityriasis rosea (PR) is a benign papulosquamous disorder seen commonly in clinical practice. Despite its prevalence and benign nature, there are still times when this common disorder presents in an uncommon way or course posing diagnostic or management problems for the treating physician. The etiopathogenesis of PR has always been a dilemma, and extensive research is going on to elicit the exact cause. This review focuses mainly on the difficult aspects of this benign common disorder such as etiopathogenesis, atypical manifestations, recurrent cases, differential diagnosis, therapy and pregnancy considerations. Although we could not find a black and white solution to all these problems, we have tried to compile the related literature to draw out some conclusions.

Keywords: 7; Acyclovir; human herpesvirus-6; pityriasis rosea

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