Unilateral pityriasis rosea in a child.

BACKGROUND

Various atypical variants of pityriasis rosea were published in the literature. There are very few reports abour pityriasis rosea being unilateral.

MAIN OBSERVATIONS: We present a female child who presented with acute onset of scaly eruptions clinically consistent with a diagnosis of pityriasis rosea, affecting only one side of the body involving waist, thigh, forearm and leg on right side.

CONCLUSIONS

It is extremely unusual for pityriasis rosea to present the eruptions only on one side of the body. This case is presented here for its rarity in clinical practice.