Chapter 46 :: Erythema Annulare Centrifugum and Other Figurate Erythemas

Question 1

characterized histologically by the presence of a dense perivascular infiltrate composed of lymphocytes, histiocytes, and occasional eosinophils

Answer 1

ERYTHEMA ANNULARE CENTRIFUGUM

Question 2

occurs at the site of the bite of Ixodes species ticks infected with Borrelia burgdorferi

Answer 2

ERYTHEMA MIGRANS

Question 3

Approximately 70% to 80% of cases are associated with malignancy, with the most common being lung

Answer 3

Erythema gyratum repens