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Pityriasis Rotunda

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•acquired
•a persistent, almost perfectly circular, sharply defined, circular patch of dry, ichthyosiform scaling with no inflammatory changes
•histology: unimpressive, being limited to mild hyperkeratosis
•associated with TB, liver disease, leprosy (Fisher says: the same conditions in which we see acquired ichthyosis)