PITYRIASIS ROTUNDA

Course overview

PITYRIASIS ROTUNDA IS AN UNCOMMON ACQUIRED DERMATOSIS RELATED TO A DISORDER OF KERATINIZATION. IT IS CHARACTERIZED BY HYPERPIGMENTED OR HYPOPIGMENTED, SHARPLY DEFINED, CIRCULAR OR OVAL SCALY PLAQUES OF VARIABLE SIZE, WHICH DEVELOP ON THE TRUNK AND PROXIMAL PARTS OF THE LIMBS. PITYRIASIS ROTUNDA, NOT COMMONLY ENCOUNTERED IN SOME REGIONS OF THE WORLD, IS NOT ALWAYS EASY TO DIAGNOSE. THIS ACTIVITY WILL ASSIST PRACTITIONERS IN RECOGNIZING WHEN TO CONSIDER THIS DIAGNOSIS AND HOW TO MANAGE IT. THIS ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS THE CRITICAL ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL CARE TEAM IN CARING FOR PATIENTS WITH PITYRIASIS ROTUNDA.