Small plaque parapsoriasis

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| name = Small plaque parapsoriasis

| synonyms = Chronic superficial dermatitis{{cite book |author=Rapini, Ronald P. |author2=Bolognia, Jean L. |author3=Jorizzo, Joseph L. |title=Dermatology: 2-Volume Set |publisher=Mosby |location=St. Louis |year=2007 |isbn=978-1-4160-2999-1 }}

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Small plaque parapsoriasis characteristically occurs with skin lesions that are round, oval, discrete patches or thin plaques, mainly on the trunk.Freedberg, et al. (2003). Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine. (6th ed.). McGraw-Hill. {{ISBN|0-07-138076-0}}.{{rp|452}}James, William; Berger, Timothy; Elston, Dirk (2005). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology. (10th ed.). Saunders. {{ISBN|0-7216-2921-0}}.{{rp|207}}{{cite journal |vauthors=Lambert WC, Everett MA |title=The nosology of parapsoriasis |journal=J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. |volume=5 |issue=4 |pages=373–95 |date=October 1981 |pmid=7026622 |doi= 10.1016/S0190-9622(81)70100-2}}

Subtypes:

  • Xanthoerythrodermia perstans is a distinct variant with lesions that are yellow in color.{{rp|452}}
  • Digitate dermatosis is a distinct variant with lesions in the shape of a finger and distributed symmetrically on the flanks.{{rp|452}}

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