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- Severe cutaneous reaction induced by allopurinol
Three weeks after starting allopurinol for gout, an 86-year-old woman presented with a maculopapular rash and painful blistering and erosions of the oral mucosa.
- Amoxicillin rash in infectious mononucleosis
A 23-year-old woman developed a rash on the day she completed a 10-day course of amoxicillin for group A streptococcal infection.
- Tinea incognito
This atypical form of dermatophyte infection is caused by local immune suppression from systemic or topical corticosteroids.
- Prolonged venous filling time and dependent rubor in a patient with peripheral artery disease
Physical examination in a man who presented with foot pain revealed absent bilateral posterior tibial and dorsalis pedis pulses and dusky erythema of both feet.
- Sarcoidosis with diffuse purplish erythematous plaques on the hands
A 70-year-old woman presented in winter with a 1-month history of asymptomatic redness of the hands.
- Vesicular pityriasis rosea
A 37-year-old man presented with a 9-day history of disseminated pruritic rash on his trunk and extremities.
- Common electrolyte imbalance, uncommon cause
A 47-year-old woman presented with 10 days of weakness, wide purple striae on the abdomen, and hyperpigmentation on the knuckles.
- Oral condylomata lata
The patient had a 3-month history of painless oral lumps and intermittent sore throat.
- Skin manifestations in a patient with acute bacterial infective endocarditis
During a dialysis session, the patient experienced the onset of rigors accompanied by the appearance of painless purpuric lesions, which developed into petechiae.
- Salt-and-pepper skin pigmentation
Dermoscopy of the skin lesions revealed homogeneous depigmented areas with perifollicular pigmentation.