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Erythema gyratum repens—an immunologically mediated dermatosis?
Author(s) -
HOLT P.J.A.,
DAVIES M.G.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1977.tb07127.x
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , dermatology , erythema , repens , pathology , biology , botany
There have been only 21 reported cases of erythema gyratum repens in the dermatological literature. Its impressive clinical appearances and constant association with malignancy pose interesting questions. We wish to present a further patient with erythema gyratum repens on whom detailed immunological investigations have been performed.