Dermatology Dx

Exposure to moisture leads to palmar rash

Caroline Y. Winslow and Julia R. Nunley, MD September 02, 2010

A 24-year-old woman presented with a six-year history of a recurring, somewhat painful and pruritic palmar rash that developed on either hand within minutes of exposure to water.
 

Tender, edematous, red plaques on a woman's hands and feet

Jennifer Stead, DO, and Stuart Gildenberg, MD August 25, 2010

One month after starting a new chemotherapeutic drug, the patient sought treatment for painful peeling and redness on her hands and feet.
 

Hyperkeratotic plaques span from head to toe

Joshua Weingartner, Pamela S. Allen, MD, FAAD, and Heather Hennigan, PA-C August 10, 2010

Five months of treatment with corticosteroids and antibiotics did not relieve the scaly plaques on a man's scalp, cheeks, trunk, genitals, and legs.
 

Pruritic hand lesions in a 25-year-old restaurant worker

Peter M.H. Cham, MD, and Erin M. Warshaw, MD, MS August 04, 2010

An otherwise healthy restaurant worker presented with pruritus, erythema, and wheals over the distal forearms and the dorsal...
 

Recurrent erosions on the neck and axillae

William Sargent Kaufman and Julia R. Nunley, MD July 15, 2010

A woman presented with erythematous plaques that waxed and waned throughout the year, but were more symptomatic in the summer.
 

Nonpitting edema in the pretibial area

June 30, 2010

A middle-aged woman with Grave's disease presented with asymptomatic, firm, nonpitting, flesh-colored nodules on her lower legs and feet.
 

Atrophic rash in a patient with hepatitis C

Laura McGevna, MD, and Robert Scott Nelson, MD June 03, 2010

A 44-year-old man presented with a pruritic, occasionally painful rash of several months' duration. Atrophic, purplish plaques were visible on the face, anterior and posterior trunk, and dorsum of both hands. The plaques had initially...
 

Rapidly growing tumor on the forearm

By Travis Vandergriff, MD May 05, 2010

Six weeks after it appeared, this small red bump on the patient's right forearm had become an erythematous, crater-shaped nodule.
 

Shiny, waxy patches on the shins

By Craig G. Burkhart, MD, MPH May 05, 2010

A woman with a history of type 2 diabetes presented with a recent onset of asymptomatic, shiny, waxy, round patches on her shins that turned from red to yellow.
 

White spots on the face of a teenager

Craig G. Burkhart, MD, MPH March 31, 2010

A black adolescent is brought by his mother to the dermatology clinic with a four-month history of white spots on his face. The 14-year-old patient denies any preceding...
 
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