Pruritic erythematous plaques.
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Volume 90, Number 5 www.aafp.org/afp American Family Physician 319 A 65-year-old woman presented with a three-month history of erythematous skin patches on her trunk and extremities that were slowly increasing in size and number. The patches were pruritic and unresponsive to diphenhydramine (Benadryl) and cetirizine (Zyrtec). The pruritus interfered with her sleep. She did not have recent illness, exposure to animals, travel, weight loss, fever, or bleeding. She had a history of type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, allergic rhinitis, and sickle cell trait, and she was taking glyburide, ramipril (Altace), atenolol (Tenormin), hydrochlorothiazide, aspirin, and cetirizine. There was no recent change in her medication use. Physical examination revealed pink, round to oval, confluent patches and plaques on her trunk and extremities (Figures 1 through 3).
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عنوان ژورنال:
- American family physician
دوره 90 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014