Abstract
The trunk and the limbs of an 82-year-old man were covered with large sheets of flat-topped erythematous papules arranged in a reticulate pattern which suddenly coalesced assuming erythroderma-like aspects. Body and positional folds were characteristically spared (deck chair sign). Mild eosinophilia was present. The histological and immunohistochemical examinations revealed an unspecific eczematous pattern. After systemic steroids and PUVA treatment the patient recovered from the dermatosis. Papuloerythroderma is a distinctive clinical entity, but it is not clear whether the dermatosis is the skin marker of systemic pathological conditions or a precursor of cutaneous lymphomas.
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