Association of pandemic H1N1 influenza and pityriasis rosea - a case report

Pityriasis rosea [PR] is an inflammatory papulosquamous disease of unknown etiology. Different viral infections have been implicated as causative agents for PR. We herein report an adult male patient who clinically manifested as pityriasis rosea [PR] during an episode of infection caused by pandemic H1N1 influenza virus, in whom the clinical progression and regression of both the diseases were in tandem