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Parapsoriasis

Medical Definition: The term applied to a group of relatively uncommon inflammatory, maculopapular, scaly eruptions of unknown etiology and resistant to conventional treatment. Eruptions are both psoriatic and lichenoid in appearance, but the diseases are distinct from psoriasis, lichen planus, or other recognized dermatoses. Proposed nomenclature divides parapsoriasis into two distinct subgroups, PITYRIASIS LICHENOIDES and parapsoriasis en plaques (small- and large-plaque parapsoriasis).
Guide Notes: a papulosquamous skin dis
Also Called: Erythroderma, Maculopapular,Parakeratosis Variegata,Parapsoriasis en Plaques

Parapsoriasis Medical Definitions and Terms

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