Erythema chronicum migrans. 49-year-old female patient. skin lesions since 4-5 months. 22 cm in diameter, in the centre bright, at the edges clearly more reddened spot with a smooth surface. no subjective symptoms. in the upper third on the left side a small, more reddened papule is visible (bite site of the tick).
Erythema chronicum migrans: Oval, slowly growing, completely symptom-free, red-brown, homogeneously filled stain, slightly darkened in the centre. persists for about 2 months. healing under 2-week therapy with doxycyline (200 mg). stain was still visible 6 months after completion of antibiotic therapy.
Erythema chronicum migrans. 3-month-old findings are shown here. 10 days after tick bite on the right upper arm of a forester a roundish-oval, disc-shaped, sharply edged, centrally blistering, livid red erythema developed which slowly expanded centrifugally.
Erythema chronicum migrans: about 2-3 months old with slow peripheral expansion; painless, non-itching, circular erythema which is well distinguishable from normal skin; the bite is still centrally visible.
erythema chronicum migrans. shown here is a finding about 3 months old. approx. 10 days after (rememberable) puncture, a painless, non-itching circular erythema developed, only moderately well distinguishable from normal skin. 3 months later the doctor was consulted.
Erythema chronicum migrans. large plaque, which has been growing steadily on the periphery for about 8 months, only slightly increased in consistency, homogeneously brownish in the centre, somewhat atrophic, marked by an increasingly consistent erythema zone at the edges. only occasionally "slight pricking" in the lesional skin.
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