thumb|Serpiginous rash in cutaneous larvae migrans '''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.<ref name="Merriam">{{cite web |title=Definition of serpiginous |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/serpiginous |website=www.merriam-webster.com |access-date=9 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Oakley">{{cite web |last1=Oakley |first1=Amanda |title=Terminology in dermatology {{!}} DermNet NZ |url=https://dermnetnz.org/topics/terminology/ |website=dermnetnz.org |access-date=9 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
It is used to describe the rash in cutaneous larvae migrans,<ref name="Schwartz">{{cite book |last1=Newman |first1=Ross |last2=Newland |first2=Jason |editor1-last=Schwartz |editor1-first=M. William |title=The 5 Minute Pediatric Consult |publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |isbn=978-1-4511-1656-4 |page=246 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v7pbSFfMHCoC&pg=PA246|language=en |chapter=Cutaneous Larvae Migrans|year=2012 }}</ref> erythema annulare centrifugum,<ref name="Koch">{{cite web |last1=Koch |first1=Karen |title=Erythema annulare centrifugum {{!}} DermNet NZ |url=https://dermnetnz.org/topics/erythema-annulare-centrifugum/ |website=dermnetnz.org |access-date=9 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref> cutaneous pili migrans,<ref name=Zhu2018>{{cite book |last1=Cao |first1=Lei |last2=Shi |first2=Ren-lin |last3=Tan |first3=Cheng |last4=Bi |first4=Xin-ling |last5=Zhang |first5=Ru-Zhi |last6=Chen |first6=Liu-Qing |last7=Yuan |first7=Shan |last8=Rigopooulos |first8=Dimitris |last9=Ma |first9=Dong-Lai |last10=Zhu |first10=Wen-Yuan |last11=Li |first11=Heng-Jin |last12=Yin |first12=Zhi-Qiang |editor1-last=Zhu |editor1-first=Wen-Yuan |editor2-last=Tan |editor2-first=Zhang |editor3-last=Zhang |editor3-first=Ru-zhi |title=Atlas of Skin Disorders: Challenging Presentations of Common to Rare Conditions |date=2018 |publisher=Springer |location=Singapore |isbn=978-981-10-8037-1 |page=297 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g_pmDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA297|language=en |chapter=20. Disorders of the skin appendages}}</ref> purpura annularis telangiectoides, ringworm,<ref name="Russel">{{cite book |last1=Russel |first1=James D. |last2=O'McCall |first2=Calvin |editor1-last=Nunley |editor1-first=Julia R. |editor2-last=Lerma |editor2-first=Edgar V. |title=Dermatological Manifestations of Kidney Disease |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-4939-2394-6 |page=174 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UakYCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA174|language=en |chapter=17. Infections in the kidney transplant recipient|date=3 July 2015 }}</ref> balanitis circinata,<ref name=TheiNhibition>{{cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334391603_A_retrospective_case_series_of_12_patients_with_chronic_reactive_arthritis_with_emphasis_on_treatment_outcome_with_biologics |title=A retrospective case series of 12 patients with chronic reactive arthritis with emphasis on treatment outcome with biologics |last=Gupta |first=Vishal |date=2019 |website=ResearchGate |publisher=Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology |access-date=2023-02-27 |quote=}}</ref> and some cases of bullous pemphigoid.<ref name="Narayanasetty">{{cite journal |last1=Narayanasetty |first1=Naveen Kikkeri |last2=Pai |first2=Varadraj V |last3=Athanikar |first3=Sharatchandra B |title=Annular Lesions in Dermatology |journal=Indian Journal of Dermatology |date=2013 |volume=58 |issue=2 |pages=157 |doi=10.4103/0019-5154.108071 |pmid=23716818 |pmc=3657228 |issn=0019-5154|doi-access=free }}</ref>
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).<ref name="NORD">{{cite web |title=Choroiditis, Serpiginous |url=https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/choroiditis-serpiginous/ |website=NORD (National Organization for Rare Disorders) |access-date=9 January 2021}}</ref>
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