ICD-11 code : EA10;
Preferred Label : Pityriasis rosea;
ICD-11 definition : Pityriasis rosea is an acute, self-limiting skin disease, probably infective in origin,
affecting mainly children and young adults, and characterized by a distinctive skin
eruption and minimal constitutional symptoms. The cause of pityriasis rosea is uncertain,
but many epidemiological and clinical features suggest that an infective agent may
be implicated. In the majority of cases the disease follows a characteristic course
whereby a so-called herald patch, larger than subsequent lesions, appears several
days before the eruption of multiple oval scaly pink macules over the trunk and proximal
limbs predominantly.;
ICD-11 synonym : Gibert pityriasis; Pityriasis circinata;
Origin ID : 919892859;
UMLS CUI : C0032026;
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Pityriasis rosea is an acute, self-limiting skin disease, probably infective in origin,
affecting mainly children and young adults, and characterized by a distinctive skin
eruption and minimal constitutional symptoms. The cause of pityriasis rosea is uncertain,
but many epidemiological and clinical features suggest that an infective agent may
be implicated. In the majority of cases the disease follows a characteristic course
whereby a so-called herald patch, larger than subsequent lesions, appears several
days before the eruption of multiple oval scaly pink macules over the trunk and proximal
limbs predominantly.
