The Wood Grain Rash

A 73-year-old woman presents with an evolving, pruritic Rash. Discover the diagnosis of this rare, wood grain-like eruption and its serious underlying cause.

Erythema gyratum repens


A 73-year-old woman presented to the dermatology clinic with an 11-month history of an evolving pruritic, erythematous rash on her thighs and buttocks. On physical examination she was noted to have polycyclic erythematous plaques. What is the most likely diagnosis?

What is the most likely diagnosis?

Dermatomyositis
Subacute lupus erythematosus
Erythema gyratum repens
Tinea versicolor
Necrolytic migratory erythema

Dermatology, Erythema gyratum repens, Malignancy, Paraneoplastic syndrome, Pruritus

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