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What's Your Diagnosis?
A Teenager With a Changing Mole on Her Back
What's Your Diagnosis?
A Teenager With a Changing Mole on Her Back
08/02/2018
Alexander K.C. Leung, MD, MBBS, FRCPC, FRCP; Benjamin Barankin, MD, FRCPC
Differential diagnoses include blue nevus, Spitz nevus, dysplastic nevus, pityriasis lichenoides, dermatofibroma, neurofibroma, verruca vulgaris, molluscum contagiosum, mongolian spot, café au lait spot,...
08/02/2018
Dermclinic
Dermclinic
What Explains This Woman’s Pigmentation Changes?
07/31/2018
This 65-year-old woman presented for evaluation of an asymptomatic change in skin color that had come on gradually over the past 2 to 3 months.
07/31/2018
Skin Cancer
Skin Cancer
Skin Cancer Risk Is Especially High in Organ Transplant Recipients
07/26/2018
New research presented at the AAD 2018 Summer Meeting indicates that individuals who receive an organ transplant have an elevated risk for skin cancer. To see which transplant recipients have the highest...
07/26/2018
Dermclinic
Dermclinic
How Would You Diagnose This Papule?
07/12/2018
This 53-year-old woman presented for evaluation of a persistent asymptomatic papule on the lateral canthus of her right eyelid. She denied any bleeding from the site or a history of trauma. She was...
07/12/2018
Dermclinic
Dermclinic
What Is the Cause of These Papules?
07/12/2018
This 45-year-old man presented with tender papules on the palms and soles of 2 to 3 days’ duration. He had acquired acute contact dermatitis 2 weeks ago from poison ivy while doing yardwork, but the...
07/12/2018
Photoclinic
half-and-half-nails
Photoclinic
Half-and-Half Nails
07/11/2018
A 13-year-old boy presented with dysmorphic features associated with specific nail abnormalities, developmental delay, hypertension, and heart murmur.
07/11/2018
Photoclinic
Ear Lesion
Photoclinic
What’s the Cause of a Woman’s Recurrent Left-Sided Ear Lesion?
06/26/2018
A 34-year-old woman presented with a recurrent erythematous, swollen lesion on her left ear. Aspiration of the lesion yielded 6 mL of viscous yellow fluid resembling olive oil.
06/26/2018
What's Your Diagnosis?
Facial bruise
What's Your Diagnosis?
What Caused This 7-Year-Old Girl’s Facial Bruise?
06/18/2018
A 7-year-old girl with a history of asthma and allergic rhinitis presented to her primary care physician for a follow-up visit after an emergency department visit the previous day for a barky cough....
06/18/2018
What's Your Diagnosis?
What's Your Diagnosis?
What Explains This Child’s Skin and Hair Abnormalities?
06/14/2018
A 4-day-old boy presented with generalized erythematous pruritic scaly plaques and sparse hair.
06/14/2018
Photoclinic
Torus Mandibularis and Buccal Exostoses
Photoclinic
Torus Mandibularis and Buccal Exostoses
05/30/2018
Routine examination of the oral cavity revealed bilateral bony growths along the buccal aspect of the mandible and maxilla as well as the mandibular arch. The growths were covered with normal mucosa.
05/30/2018