Dermatology

  • Desquamating pustular rash
    Kevin Bryan Uy Lo, MD and Zurab Azmaiparashvili, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2019, 86 (12) 780-781; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.19061

    The symptoms had started 3 days after the patient began using ciprofl oxacin eye drops.

  • Appropriate laboratory testing in Lyme disease
    Appropriate laboratory testing in Lyme disease
    CME article
    Teny M. John, MD and Alan J. Taege, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2019, 86 (11) 751-759; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.19029

    Testing for Lyme disease is challenging and if done incorrectly can lead to unnecessary treatment.

  • Vulvar and gluteal manifestations of Crohn disease
    Anna Camille Moreno, DO, NCMP, Oluwatosin Goje, MD, MSCR, FACOG, Melissa Peck Piliang, MD, FAAD and Pelin Batur, MD, NCMP, CCD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2019, 86 (10) 645-646; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.19062

    Crohn disease is associated with extraintestinal manifestations in up to 45% of patients.

  • Cardiovascular complications of systemic sclerosis: What to look for
    Cardiovascular complications of systemic sclerosis: What to look for
    CME article
    Preethi Mani, MD, Danny Gonzalez, MD, Soumya Chatterjee, MD, MS, FRCP and Michael D. Faulx, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2019, 86 (10) 685-695; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18109

    Pulmonary arterial hypertension, atherosclerosis, heart failure, arrhythmias, pericardial disease, and valvular heart disease.

  • Diabetic dyslipidemia with eruptive xanthoma
    Yu-Chun Hsueh, MD, Chuan-Liang Chou, MD and Ting-I. Lee, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2019, 86 (9) 575-576; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18104

    Off medications for 1 year, her triglyceride level was 10,250 mg/dL, hemoglobin A1c 12.4%.

  • Thinker’s sign
    Renée Grandjean, MD and Lars C. Huber, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2019, 86 (7) 439; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.19036

    In a patient with orthopnea, pressure of the elbows on the thighs can cause hyperpigmentation and skin thickening.

  • Aleukemic leukemia cutis February 2019
    Etan Marks, DO
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2019, 86 (5) 302; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86c.05003

    Readers comment on aleukemic leukemia cutis (February 2019) and on human papillomavirus vaccination (March 2019).

  • In reply: Aleukemic leukemia cutis February 2019
    Tuyet Abraham, MD, Peter Morawiecki, MD, Amy Flischel, MD and Bharata Agrawal, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2019, 86 (5) 302; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86c.05004
  • Pyoderma gangrenosum mistaken for diabetic ulcer
    Michael A. Munoz, MD and Benson A. Babu, MD, MBA, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2019, 86 (5) 319-320; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.19015

    A man with type 2 diabetes, hypertension, anemia, and ulcerative colitis presented with an ulcer on his leg.

  • Norwegian scabies
    Hiroki Matsuura, MD, Akemi Senoo, MD, PhD, Mari Saito, MD and Yuko Fujimoto, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2019, 86 (3) 163-164; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18081

    Norwegian scabies is extremely contagious, and outbreaks can spread in institutions.

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