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  • A large red patch (herald or mother patch) and smaller similar lesions are seen on the chest. This finding is typical of pityriasis rosea.

    (From TB Fitzpatrick, Color Atlas and Synopsis of Clinical Dermatology, 3 ed, 1997, McGraw-Hill, Fig. 5-1a; with permission.)

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