Dermatologic Look-A-Likes

Erythematous truncal plaques

Sean D. Doherty, MD March 02, 2010

Can you distinguish between similar plaques? Our dermatologic look-alike may stump you.
 

Similar scalp nodules in two female patients

Deborah J. Yang, MD February 02, 2010

Two women present with growing scalp nodules. One patient had a nodule that was increasing in size, though not pruritic or painful. The other patient reported unintentional weight loss....
 

Reminders of sun exposure

Laura Conley and Robert L. Buka, MD January 07, 2010

Sun exposure is the common link between these two conditions. Can you tell them apart?
 

A pair of generalized red rashes

Noah S. Scheinfeld, MD, JD December 03, 2009

Two men present with red rashes—one started on the back and spread to the upper arms, and the other was limited to the chest.
 

Facial plaques in aging men

Noah S. Scheinfeld, MD, JD November 03, 2009

Two aging men develop similar-appearing asymptomatic facial plaques
 

Hair loss in discrete areas

Noah S. Scheinfeld, MD, JD October 05, 2009

A 40-year-old woman and a 3-year-old boy experience similar patterns of hair loss—one of sudden onset and the other present at birth.
 

Similar-appearing vesicles

Sean D. Doherty, MD September 24, 2009

Two women, the first bedridden with high fever and the second otherwise healthy, present with a vesicular rash.
 

Solar lentigo and lentigo maligna melanoma: itchless, pigmented macules

By Laura Conley, MD, and Robert L. Buka, MD September 01, 2009

Can you distinguish between these two facial lesions with similar characteristics?
 

Differentiating cutaneous dells

Noah S. Scheinfeld, MD, JD August 07, 2009

Two men present with cutaneous heel lesions. Similar growths appear on the patients' hands as well.
 

Perinasal papules

Thomas Berk and Noah S. Scheinfeld, MD, JD July 07, 2009

A 42-year-old man presented to the dermatology clinic complaining of a white-yellow papule that he had first noticed on his nose about three years ago. Meanwhile, a 55-year-old man complained of small, soft, yellow papules on his nose and face. Test your skills by indentifying these lesions.
 
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