Table 2.
Main characteristics of rare annular dermatoses
| Erythema annulare centrifugum | Annually recurring erythema annulare centrifugum | Palpable migratory arciform erythema | Neutrophilic figurate erythema | Eosinophilic annular erythema | Annular lichenoid dermatitis of youth | Annular erythema in Sjögren syndrome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age Gender |
V decade of life M:F=1:1 |
47 years M:F=1:2.4 |
49 years M:F=1.5:1 |
pediatric patients: 9 months-2 years M:F=1:4 adults: 41 years M:F=1:2.5 |
20-85 years M:F=1:1.14 |
11 years M:F=1.6:1 |
36 years M:F=1:5 |
| Most common localizations | thighs, hips | extremities | upper trunk | trunk | trunk, extremities | flanks, groin | face, neck, upper extremities |
| Duration | days-months | days-weeks, recurring | days-weeks | weeks-months | relapsing-remitting | relapsing-remitting | relapsing-remitting |
| Inflammatory infiltrate | Occasional mild spongiosis (superficial type), perivascular histiocytes, lymphocytes and rare eosinophils superficial or deep | Deep dermal perivascular and periadnexal lymphocytes and histiocytes | Superficial and deep perivascular and interstitial infiltrate with numerous neutrophils and nuclear dust, rare eosinophils | Superficial and deep perivascular and interstitial lymphohistiocytic infiltrate with abundant eosinophils and few neutrophils | Lichenoid infiltrate at the tip of rete ridges. Lymphocytes, few histiocytes, scattered melanophages | Perivascular lymphocytes with nuclear debris. Lymphocytic hidradenitis | |