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Dermclinic
Dermclinic
What Caused This Increased Pigmentation?
07/09/2012
David L. Kaplan, MD
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?
07/09/2012
Feature
Feature
Erythematous Oral Lesions: When to Treat, When to Leave Alone
06/07/2012
William Lawson, MD, DDS
Erythroplakia requires biopsy followed by wide local excision, since about 50% of these lesions represent invasive carcinomas.
06/07/2012
Cutaneous disorders
Cutaneous disorders
Lumps and Bumps in Adolescents: Benign Tumors, Growths, and Mucosal Lesions
04/09/2012
Alexander K.C. Leung, MD, MBBS, FRCPC, FRCP; Alex H.C. Wong, MD
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...
04/09/2012
Photoclinic
Photoclinic
Piezogenic Pedal Papules
01/18/2012
Emily Rubenstein, DO; Angela Combs, DO; Eduardo Weiss, MD
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...
01/18/2012
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