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Pityriasis Lichenoides

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Definition: A subgroup of PARAPSORIASIS itself divided into acute and chronic forms. The acute form is characterized by the abrupt onset of a generalized, reddish-brown, maculopapular eruption. Lesions may be vesicular, hemorrhagic, crusted, or necrotic. Histologically the disease is characterized by epidermal necrolysis. The chronic form shows milder skin changes with necrosis.      Other names Pityriasis Lichenoides et Varioliformis Acuta; Pityriasis Lichenoides Chronica; Mucha-Habermann Disease; Mucha Habermann Disease; Habermanns Disease; Disease, Mucha-Habermann; Disease, Habermann's; Disease, Habermann; Chronic Pityriasis Lichenoides; Acute Pityriasis Lichenoides; Pityriasis Lichenoides, Chronic; Pityriasis Lichenoides, Acute; Habermann's Disease; Habermann Disease
 
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Febrile Ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann disease  0   *Herpes Simplex *Pityriasis Lichenoides.

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