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What's Your Diagnosis?
ROSEOLA INFANTUM
What's Your Diagnosis?
Infant With High Fever and Rose-Pink Macular Rash at Defervescence
11/04/2011

By ALEXANDER K. C. LEUNG, MD—Series Editor
Dr Leung is clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of Calgary and pediatric consultant at the Alberta Children’s Hospital in Calgary.

By ALEXANDER K. C. LEUNG, MD—Series E...
A 10-month-old girl had a fever for 3 days. She was treated with acetaminophen and had not been given any other medication. On the fourth day, the fever subsided and a rash appeared. The baby had begun...
11/04/2011
Case In Point
Case In Point
Bruising in a Teenage Girl: A Manifestation of Dermatitis Artefacta
08/03/2011
Curtis W. Turner, MD; Kavita Bapat, MD; Osvaldo Regueira, MD; Samer H.A. Zaid Kaylani, MD
<p>A 13-year-old girl with intermittent episodes of bruising was referred to our hematology clinic after several visits to her private physician. The bruises appeared suddenly on her...
08/03/2011
Dermatologic Disorders
Dermatologic Disorders
Do You Recognize These Nail Disorders?
06/15/2011
Steven Q. Wang, MD
​What do you suspect is the cause of the nail deformity?
06/15/2011
Skin Disorders
Skin Disorders
A Photo Quiz to Hone Dermatologic Skills: August 2008
05/02/2011
Match the following clinical characteristics with the photographs of Cases 1 and 2.
05/02/2011
Photo Essay
Photo Essay
Factitious Dermatitis: Lip Licker’s Dermatitis
04/30/2011
Alexander K.C. Leung, MD, MBBS, FRCPC, FRCP; William Lane M. Robson, MD, FRCPC, FRCP
This 9-year-old girl had a slightly pruritic perioral rash for 6 months. The skin around her mouth was red, scaly, thickened, and hyperpigmented. She also had eczematous lesions in the antecubital and...
04/30/2011
What's Your Diagnosis?
A Child With a Red Rash
What's Your Diagnosis?
A Child With a Red Rash
04/29/2011

By ALEXANDER K. C. LEUNG, MD--Series Editor, and WM. LANE M. ROBSON, MD

By ALEXANDER K. C. LEUNG, MD--Series ...
Seven-year-old boy with red, nonpruritic rash that appeared first on the cheeks and then spread to the trunk, extremities, and buttocks.
04/29/2011
Pediatrics
SOLITARY MASTOCYTOMA
Pediatrics
Infant With an "Atypical Mole"
04/29/2011
Jodi Ganz, MD; Flora S. Kim, BA
A solitary mastocytoma is the most common cutaneous mastocytoses in children. Most cases resolve on their own, but a skin biopsy may be necessary in atypical cases.
04/29/2011
Photoclinic
Photoclinic
Pityrosporum Folliculitis
04/29/2011
Amit Lahoti, MD
Pityrosporum folliculitis is caused by the fungus Malassezia furfur.
04/29/2011
Asteatotic Eczema
Asteatotic Eczema
Could a Urinary Tract Infection be the cause of this red spot?
04/28/2011
David L. Kaplan, MD
Can you figure out the answer to these 4 cases?
04/28/2011
Skin Disorders in Elderly Persons
Skin Disorders in Elderly Persons
Skin Disorders in Elderly Persons: Onychomycosis
04/28/2011
Noah S. Scheinfeld, MD, JD
Onychomycosis is more than a cosmetic problem; it can cause pain and limited mobility.
04/28/2011