Volume 26, Issue 124, June 2022

Case report: Circumscribed Juvenile Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris

Tahani S Magliah^♦, Mazin M Aljabri, Malak A Aldahasi, Ahmed N Alharbi

Department of dermatology, Heraa General Hospital, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

^♦Corresponding author
Consultant dermatologist, Department of dermatology, Heraa General Hospital, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

ABSTRACT

We report juvenile Circumscribed Pytriasis Rubra Pilaris in 13 year Saudi Boy, came to dermatology clinic with well circumscribed scaly plaques over elbows, knees and ankles, not improving on topical steroids. Histopathology was in consistent to Pytriasis rubra Pilaris. There are six types of Pytriasis rubra pilaris, one of them is Juvenile circumscribed type which is uncommon to be seen.

Keywords: Skin Diseases, Pityriasis rubra pilaris (PRP), juvenile Circumscribed Pytriasis Rubra Pilaris

Medical Science, 2022, 26, ms235e2329

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v26i124/ms235e2329

Published: 21 June 2022