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Descriptor English: Pityriasis Rosea
Descriptor Spanish: Pitiriasis Rosada
Descriptor pitiriasis rosada
Scope note: Inflamación exantematosa leve, de etiología desconocida. Se caracteriza por la presencia de lesiones maculopapulares de color salmón. La característica más importante es que las lesiones se ordenan de forma que el eje mayor de las mismas es paralelo a las líneas de clivaje. Las erupciones suelen ser generalizadas, afectan fundamentalmente al tronco y su curso a menudo es autolimitado.
Descriptor Portuguese: Pitiríase Rósea
Descriptor French: Pityriasis rosé
Tree number(s): C17.800.859.600.675
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017515
Scope note: A mild exanthematous inflammation of unknown etiology. It is characterized by the presence of salmon-colored maculopapular lesions. The most striking feature is the arrangement of the lesions such that the long axis is parallel to the lines of cleavage. The eruptions are usually generalized, affecting chiefly the trunk, and the course is often self-limiting.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Pityriasis (1966-1992)
Public MeSH Note: 93
History Note: 93
DeCS ID: 30616
Unique ID: D017515
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Date Established: 1993/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/05/22
Pityriasis Rosea - Preferred
Concept UI M0026580
Scope note A mild exanthematous inflammation of unknown etiology. It is characterized by the presence of salmon-colored maculopapular lesions. The most striking feature is the arrangement of the lesions such that the long axis is parallel to the lines of cleavage. The eruptions are usually generalized, affecting chiefly the trunk, and the course is often self-limiting.
Preferred term Pityriasis Rosea



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