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Papuloerythroderma (of Ofuji)

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a rare disorder most commonly found in Japan
characterized by pruritic flat-topped papules that spare the skin folds = the “deck chair sign”
considered a form of erythroderma in the elderly by some and a paraneoplastic syndrome by others
frequently there is an associated blood eosinophilia
histology dense lymphohistiocytic infiltrate, eosinophils in papillary dermis
not enough cases have been reported to determine a true association with malignancies