From the Dermatology CME/CE in the October 2015 issue of The Clinical Advisor. This CME activity consists of three cases: Maculopapular rash after swimming Pink, scaly rash on the trunk and extremities Scaling rash on the palms This activity is provided by Haymarket Medical Education (HME) for physician credit. This activity is co-provided by Medical Education…
Residual MDD symptoms are associated with poor overall outcomes. Several strategies can be used to enhance treatment effectiveness.
A healthy 17-year-old white male presents to the emergency department with mild pruritis and a maculopapular rash on his bilateral upper and lower extremities and beneath the waistband of his swimsuit that he notes had developed while swimming in the Atlantic Ocean. He reports having experienced these same symptoms intermittently over the years when on…
A 14-year-old male presents with an asymptomatic eruption on his trunk, arms, and legs that appeared 2 weeks ago. The rash began on his thigh and spread from there. On physical examination, scattered small, pink, scaly papules and patches with collarettes are noted on the trunk, proximal arms, and legs. The patient has a single…
Case #1 A 56-year-old woman presents with a 2-month history of a very itchy rash on the palm of her right hand. Another provider had prescribed a triamcinolone cream that offered improvement in the first few days of use, after which the rash spread and became worse. The patient has a family history of psoriasis,…
From the Dermatology CME/CE in the September 2015 issue of The Clinical Advisor. This CME activity consists of three cases: White papules and follicular abnormalities on a toddler’s face Red-brown papules and plaques on the head and body Enlarging brown spots This activity is provided by Haymarket Medical Education (HME) for physician credit. This activity is…
Primary care providers need to be able to recognize the symptoms of eosinophilic esophagitis early in the disease process.
A man, aged 52 years, presents with a 6-month history of lesions on the scalp, face, trunk, and arms. The lesions have been unresponsive to treatment for tinea. The patient’s medical history is noncontributory, but he does report a persistent cough and increased fatigue for the last several months. Physical examination reveals red-brown papules and…
Case #1 A woman, aged 65 years, presents for evaluation of a “mole” or spot that has been present on her arm for a few years. She says that the spot that worried her was slightly bigger than the rest of the “brown spots” on her body, it had increased slightly in size, and it…
A 4-year-old male brought in by his mother presents with multiple white papules on his face and extremities. The patient also displays hypotrichosis of the scalp and several small dimples, which resemble indentations left by an ice pick, on the dorsum of his forearms. The child’s lesions have been present since birth, and his mother…
