CLINICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN DIGITATE DERMATOSIS

A 53-year-old man presented for evaluation of erythematous plaques ove r the trunk which had been present for several months. The lesions wer e asymptomatic and were not changing in appearance or number. The pati ent was in otherwise good health and had no history of dermatologic pr oblems. Significant physical findings were well-defined, elongated, er ythematous plaques lying in parallel along both sides of the lower tru nk (Figs 1a and 1b). There was no lymphadenopathy or visceral enlargem ent. A skin biopsy showed a lymphocytic perivascular infiltrate with e pidermal spongiosis, acanthosis, and parakeratosis. On the basis of th e clinical and histopathologic findings, and diagnosis of digitate der matosis was established and the patient has done well without treatmen t.