The Magnitude of Pityriasis Rosea: A Retrospective analysis of Data Records at Alert hospital Dermatology Clinic, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia of Case Seen from January 2018 to December 2020.
| dc.contributor.advisor | Dr.Legese, Yosef(MD,Dermatosurgeon,Assistant Professor) | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Dr. Lakew, Bezawit(MD,Dermatovenrologist,Assistant Professor) | |
| dc.contributor.author | W, Meron | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-25T07:41:15Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-05T09:38:18Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-01-25T07:41:15Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-05T09:38:18Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-11 | |
| dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND Pityriasis Rosea is an acute self-limiting papulosquamous skin disorder commonly observed in otherwise healthy children and young adult. In 15–90% of cases, typical PR begins with a medallion-like erythematous plaque, called a herald patch,followed by a secondary eruption consisting of smaller scaly papulosquamous lesions on the cleavage lines of the trunk, These secondary lesions take the shape of a Christmas tree when they are arranged along the Langer’s lines on the back it appears in crops at intervals of a few days and reaches its maximum in about 2 weeks OBJECTIVE To assess the magnitude of pityriasis rosea from medical records of patients attended dermatovenerology OPD at ALERT center from 2018-2020 G.C METHOD Hospital-based retrospective, descriptive study was conducted on all medical records of patients who attended a department of dermatovenerology OPD at ALERT center from December 2018 to January 2020,the study period was from June-August 2021. RESULT One hundred forty-eight patients presented with pityriasis rosea. mean age at presentation was 19.48 and Male to Female ratio 1:1.19 peak cases were seen in January .forty-three of the patients were present within weeks. herald patch was present in 18.2% of the patients. the trunk was the commonest affected site and itching was present in 70 patients and it was mild in the majority. 40.5% of the patients were treated with the topical steroids. CONCLUSION The study has shown the magnitude of pityriasis rosea was 0.26% with female predominance .most of them present from January to June. The majority of them had one visit | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/29616 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Abeba University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Pityriasis Rosea,Skin disorder | en_US |
| dc.title | The Magnitude of Pityriasis Rosea: A Retrospective analysis of Data Records at Alert hospital Dermatology Clinic, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia of Case Seen from January 2018 to December 2020. | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |