More articles from The Clinical Picture

  • Unraveling a challenging diagnosis: Role of a TNF inhibitor
    Soumya Chatterjee, MD, MS, FRCP, FACP, FACR
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2022, 89 (7) 368-370; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21128

    Painful swelling of the dorsum of the right hand had been diagnosed as chronic cutaneous sarcoidosis with tenosynovitis, treated unsuccessfully with prednisone and methotrexate.

  • Skin-colored papules on the cheeks, acrochordons on the axillae
    Irene López Riquelme, MD, María Ayala Blanca, MD, PhD and Elisabeth Gómez Moyano, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2022, 89 (6) 297-299; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21087

    Biopsy revealed dermal follicular structures surrounded by a perifollicular fibrous sheath and a densely fibrous stroma, consistent with a fibrofolliculoma.

  • Pigmented lesion on nail bed: Pseudo-Hutchinson sign
    Yahya Daneshbod, MD, Majid Akrami, MD, Sara Fanaee, MD, Komeil Mirzaei Baboli, MD and Hadi Mirfazaelian, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2022, 89 (6) 303-304; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21070

    The discoloration had been present since the patient was 14, and it had not changed in appearance.

  • Spider nevi secondary to alcoholic chronic liver disease
    Mohamed Adam Ali, MBBS, BSc, FHEA
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2022, 89 (6) 301-302; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21064

    The lesions blanched when pressure was applied centrally and refilled from the center outward when pressure was released.

  • Spotty skin pigmentation in Carney complex
    Azusa Sano, MD, Yosuke Ono, MD, PhD, Naoya Fujita, MD and Yuji Tanaka, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2022, 89 (6) 307-308; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21069

    Characteristic skin findings and their locations can indicate underlying hereditary lentiginosis syndromes.

  • Atypical erythema as a clinical presentation of tinea incognito
    Ana Ravić Nikolić, MD, PhD and Gordana Ristić
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2022, 89 (6) 295-296; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21091

    The lesions were originally diagnosed as contact allergic dermatitis and treated with topical corticosteroids, but culture revealed Trichophyton rubrum.

  • Hampton hump in acute pulmonary embolism
    Sovik De Sirkar, MD, Joshua Newman, MD, Sorcha Allen, MB, BCh, BAO, Ahmed Elkaryoni, MD, Alexandru Marginean, MD and Amir Darki, MD, MSc
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2022, 89 (5) 236-238; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21058

    A 50-year-old patient presented with worsening dyspnea and cough with bilateral swelling of the lower extremities, with left-side swelling greater than right-side swelling.

  • Lacrimal gland involvement in a patient with sarcoidosis
    Tanmayi Pai, MD, Mohamed S. Muneer, MD, Kafayat Oyemade, Diva R. Salomao, MD, Vivek Gupta, MD and Dana Harris, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2022, 89 (5) 239-240; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21037

    The differential diagnosis included infection, malignancy, and inflammatory disorders such as immunoglobulin G4-related disease and sarcoidosis.

  • A brownish erythematous patch in the nipple-areola complex
    Irene López Riquelme, MD, Elisabeth Gómez Moyano, MD, PhD, María Ayala Blanca, PhD and Leandro Martínez Pilar, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2022, 89 (5) 241-242; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21059

    Biopsy revealed neoplastic cells throughout the epidermis and granular layer, with abundant pale cytoplasm, intraglandular extension, and chronic inflammation in the papillary dermis.

  • Oral hyperpigmentation with weakness and salt-craving
    Joseph Zhou, MD and S. Sethu K. Reddy, MD, MBA, FRCPC, FACP, MACE
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2022, 89 (4) 180-181; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21036

    The patient’s primary care physician had attributed the hyperpigmentation on the lower lip and inner cheek to pen ink.

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