An 82-year-old man presented with painful, pink, smooth, annular convalescing plaques on the right back, flank, and abdomen in a zosteriform distribution involving the T10/11 dermatome. He had a history of hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus, and 12 months prior to presentation he had an outbreak of herpes zoster virus in the same distribution that was treated with valacyclovir 1000 mg 3 times daily for 7 days. Over the following month he noticed a resolution of blisters and crusting as they morphed into the current lesions. WHAT'S YOUR DIAGNOSIS? a. annular elastolytic giant cell granuloma b. annular lichen planus c. granuloma annulare d. nummular eczema e. superficial erythema annulare centrifugum Drs. Gerhardt and Moore are from the
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