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A young man presented with an acute, non-itchy, pityriasiform eruption associated with myalgia and mild fever. The microscopic findings along with the serological tests, confirmed the suspected diagnosis.
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El-Darouti, M.A., Al-Ali, F.M. (2019). Persistent Pityriasiform Eruption. In: Challenging Cases in Dermatology Volume 2. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21855-3_16
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