A healthy 29-year-old man presented with a 1-month history of itchy and mildly stinging skin eruptions on his face and back. Physical examination revealed discrete, erythematous annular plaques on the patient’s cheeks and back, with multiple pinhead-sized folliculocentric pustules rimming the borders. The plaques varied in size. The patient’s medical and family histories were unremarkable. He was not taking any medication when the lesions appeared.
The most likely diagnosis is
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Eosinophilic pustular folliculitis
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Tinea faciei
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Annular pustular psoriasis
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Erythema annulare centrifugum
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Subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus
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