to the editor: I would like to comment on the article, “Pityriasis Rosea,”1 by Drs. Stulberg and Wolfrey in the January 1, 2004, issue of American Family Physician. Pityriasis rosea can have a distinctly different appearance on patients with brown skin or dark skin. The herald patch, as well as the diffuse rash that follows, may have a gray, dark brown, or even black appearance. There may be either hypopigmented or hyperpigmented areas visible after the lesions resolve.
Letters to the Editor
Appearance of Pityriasis Rosea in Patients with Dark Skin
SHARON A. BRANGMAN, M.D., AGSF,
SUNY Upstate Medical University, 750 E. Adams St., Syracuse, NY 13210
American Family Physician. 2004;70(5):821.
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