Patches of hair loss
Two boys with similar patches of hair loss—one developed six months ago, and the other had been present since birth.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
Recurrent erosions on the neck and axillae
For two years, a woman had lived with an itchy rash on her axillae and neck that became more symptomatic during the summer.
Enlarging back and shoulder lesions
Two patients with enlarging lesions—one in a man with no history of skin cancer, and the other in a man with significant actinic damage
Rash preceded by fever and cough
After four days with a high fever, cough, and conjunctivitis, a child is brought to the hospital with an extensive, maculopapular rash.
Scaly plaques spread from head to toe
Five months of treatment with corticosteroids and antibiotics did not relieve the scaly rash on a man’s scalp, cheeks, trunk, genitals, and legs.
Vulvar pruritus with no erosions or papules
A woman with no history of sexually transmitted diseases suffers intense vulvar itching. Hypopigmentation was noted with no erosions or papules.
Flesh-colored nodules on the shins and feet
A middle-aged woman with Graves’ disease presented with asymptomatic, firm, nonpitting, flesh-colored nodules and plaques on her legs and feet.
Red rashes on the lower legs
Two patients present with leg rashes. One rash developed after a woman started taking cefazolin, and the other featured the deposition of hemosiderin.
Hypopigmented patches on the body
Two young girls with hypopigmented patches—one on the right buttock, the other on the knees, fingers, and ankles.
Rapidly growing tumor on the forearm
Six weeks after it appeared, the small red bump on this man’s right forearm had become an erythematous crater-shaped nodule
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