Dermatologic Disorders

For the past few days, a 63-year-old man’s lower leg has become painful, itchy, swollen, and red.

A 44-year-old man presents for evaluation of a changing pigmented lesion on his trunk.

An 11-year-old boy is referred for evaluation of an asymptomatic rash on his anterior thighs. The macular, partially blanching, erythematous to slightly tan, reticulated rash began 2 months earlier and...

An 88-year-old woman with a history of senile cardiac amyloidosis was seen in the cardiology clinic for heart failure. During the visit, she reported that she had had persistent pain along the lumbo-sacral...

Increased pigmentation on her lower back is noted by a 38-year-old woman who has used a heating pad for several months for low back pain. What condition are you looking at here?

Erythroplakia requires biopsy followed by wide local excision, since about 50% of these lesions represent invasive carcinomas.

Most benign cutaneous tumors and growths in adolescents are asymptomatic and treatment is for cosmetic reasons. Further evaluation for an underlying disorder is required in some instances, such as in...

These grouped, white to flesh-colored papules on the plantar aspect of a 28-year-old woman’s heels appeared during weight bearing and disappeared in non–weight-bearing positions.The patient, a nurse whose...

<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...