What is Erythema Annulare Centrifugum?
Erythema annulare centrifuguma (EAC) is a disease in which circular red spots are obtain on the skin and seperates from the center. Erythema annulare centrifuguma first discovered by Darier in 1916. We can say also it is a chronic circular & gyrate injury. Ackerman and later Bressler and Jones suggests two types of gyrates one is superficial (pruritic, scaling) and other is deep (nonpruritic, nonscaling). EAC mainly affects to buttocks, thighs and upper arms but may be any area of the body. At starting these spots are pink and small in size after some time period these spots become large. Erythema annulare centrifuguma has synonym erythema figuratum perstans. In ECA disease the color of rashes may be change.
