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Images in dermatology| Volume 118, ISSUE 5, P475-476, May 2005

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Rapid resolution of a common problem

      A 54-year-old white man presented with a facial eruption that had developed during the preceding week. His primary complaints were worsening erythema and mild pruritus. On examination, the patient’s face was marked by symmetric areas of blotchy to confluent macular erythema around his mustache, in the nasolabial folds and nasofacial sulci, and on his eyebrows (Figure 1). Yellow-tan, coarse scale was evident on his ears. The patient had not attempted to self-treat with over-the-counter preparations.
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      Figure 1The patient notes that the erythema began the week before and has been worsening.
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