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A 12-year-old otherwise healthy boy presented to the emergency department with a 1-week history of a bilateral anterior thigh "rash" in the middle of a New England winter. Diagnosis: Erythema ab igne (sine erythema) DISCUSSION Erythema ab igne (EAI), also known as "toasted skin syndrome", is characterized as a reticular hyperpigmented dermatosis. Latin for "redness on fire", the reticulated erythema associated with this condition has been predominantly characterized in light-skinned individuals.1 This case demonstrates EAI in a skin-of-color pediatric patient in an effort to enable recognition of this unique cutaneous pattern that is not as well-documented in darker skin tones. [Extracted from the article]

A case study of a 12‐year‐old girl is presented, who reported for the treatment of a progressive truncal rash over past several years which had been intermittently pruritic. It notes that she attempted treatment with over‐the‐counter antifungals, antidandruff shampoos, and steroid creams with only modest, temporary improvement. The article discusses atrophic tinea versicolor.