Serpiginous
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Serpiginous, first known to be used in the 15th century, is a term from Latin serpere (“to creep”), usually referring to a creeping, snakelike or slowly progressive skin disease.[1][2]
It is used to describe the rash in cutaneous larvae migrans,[3] erythema annulare centrifugum,[4] cutaneous pili migrans,[5] purpura annularis telangiectoides, ringworm,[6] balanitis circinata,[7] and some cases of bullous pemphigoid.[8]
It is also used to describe serpiginous choroiditis, a rare eye condition in which irregularly shaped (serpiginous) lesions are seen in two layers of the eye surface (the choriocapillaris and the retinal pigment epithelium).[9]
