An episodic eruption
- Department of Rheumatology, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex, UK
- Correspondence to: Dr P Bentley, Wellcome Department of Imaging Neuroscience, Institute of Neurology, 12 Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK
- Received 10 January 2001
- Accepted 3 July 2001
Answers on p 252.
A 72 year old woman presented with a fleeting rash, lasting several days at a time, on both thighs and lower trunk, over a four month period (fig 1). The eruption was non-pruritic and non-palpable, and occurred on different parts of the legs at …







