By Michael Sonabend, MD, and Sylvia Hsu, MD

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Spreading redness and scaling plus pruritus and chills

May 29, 2008

A 48-year-old white man presented to our clinic for redness and scaling. Over the past month, scaling of his scalp and scaly plaques, which had been present for a few years, had spread to involve his entire body. The patient also complained of chills, pruritus, and malaise. Although he was uncomfortable, he had not had…

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Minimally tender draining nodules

By Michael Sonabend, MD, and Sylvia Hsu, MD

March 14, 2007

The patient was a 37-year-old woman with a 15-year history of multiple nodules on her right foot. The lesions first appeared when she was living in Mexico. She did not recall a specific inciting trauma. Her only complaints were minimal tenderness and occasional drainage. Aside from the slowly growing nodules, she was healthy and had…

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