DERMATOMYOSITIS AND FLAGELLATE ERYTHEMA

Flagellate erythema, described by Moulin in 1970 as reminiscent of the lesions produced by flogging and by other authors as zebra-like lesio ns, was noted first in association with bleomycin treatment, but later occasionally reported in relationship with dermatomyositis, mostly fr om Japan. It is characterized by linear, erythematous, cutaneous strea ks, pruriginous or painful, arising on an oedematous background and di sappearing spontaneously over several weeks. So far, fewer than five c ases have been reported in association with dermatomyositis, but we no w present a further one.