Complications
Severe forms of acute and ulceronecrotic forms of pityriasis lichenoides carry the possible risk of secondary bacterial infections. These should be treated with appropriate wound care and topical, as well as systemic, antimicrobials.[1]
May develop, rarely.[4]
May develop, rarely.[4]
May develop, rarely.[4]
May develop, rarely.[4]
Pox-like scars are a potential complications of pityriasis lichenoides. This scarring is moderate to severe, as well as long lasting, in the acute or febrile ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann disease forms of the disease, but is absent in the chronic form.[1]
Hypo/hyperpigmentation changes are possible complications of inflammatory dermatosis such as pityriasis lichenoides. These pigment alterations can be mild and short-term in a chronic form, and moderate to severe, as well as long-lasting, in the acute or febrile ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann disease forms of the disease.[3]
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