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A lady presented with a unilateral eruption that started around the left axilla and progressed in a centrifugal pattern to the left side of the trunk. The self-limited nature of this peculiar clinical picture along with a non-specific histology aided the final diagnosis.
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El-Darouti, M.A., Al-Ali, F.M. (2019). A Self-Limited Unilateral Exanthem. In: Challenging Cases in Dermatology Volume 2. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21855-3_18
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