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Ofuji’s papuloerythroderma. An association with early gastric cancer Volume 9, numéro 4, June 1999

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Division of Dermatology, S. Andrea Hospital, La Spezia, Italy, and Via Priv. Argiroffo, n° 2/24, 16043 Chiavari (GE), Italy.
  • Page(s) : 317-8
  • Année de parution : 1999

Ofuji's papuloerythroderma (OP) [1] is a distinctive clinical entity of as yet unknown etiology that usually affects the elderly, with a chronic relapsing course over months or years. Its diagnosis is usually made by the clinician in virtue of a peculiarly widespread lichenoid, pruritic skin eruption with characteristic sparing of the body folds: "Deck Chair Sign". Histological examination is unhelpful. The recognition of blood [...]