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sQUIZ your knowledge: Generalized pruritic erythematous plaques and nodules Volume 29, numéro 6, November-December 2019

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Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Peking University First Hospital, No.8 Xishiku Street, Xi Cheng District, Beijing, 100034, China

A 48-year-old man presented with a two-month history of generalized pruritic erythematous plaques and nodules (figure 1A, B). His skin lesions were mainly distributed over the face, trunk and arms, sparing his palms, soles and mucosal surfaces. Palpable cervical lymphadenopathy was noted. A skin biopsy showed granulomatous inflammation with a mixed infiltration consisting of numerous plasma cells, lymphocytes, and neutrophils throughout the dermis, suggesting a spirochete infection (figure 1C, D). [...]