Dermatology
- Disseminated molluscum contagiosum lesions in an HIV patient
The patient was diagnosed with HIV-related encephalopathy and disseminated Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.
Bedbugs: Helping your patient through an infestationPhysicians are often at the forefront in the diagnosis and treatment of bedbug infestation.
- Bedbugs: Awareness is key
Bedbugs are back, and they are everywhere. Not all who are bitten have reactions.
- A 68-year-old man with a blue toe
The patient had undergone coronary artery bypass grafting, which caused cholesterol crystal embolism.
- A dermatosis of pregnancy
Eight days after giving birth, a 33-year-old woman presented with pruritic erythematous papules and plaques on the abdomen.
- Tickborne diseases other than Lyme in the United States
Consider them in patients with known or potential tick exposure and fever or vague constitutional symptoms.
- Watson, the game is a foot… or a palm
Sherlock Holmes I am not, but some useful clues are readily apparent if one is prepared to recognize them.
- Palmar erythema as a sign of cancer
Red palms in an elderly patient can be due to a number of systemic diseases.
- The Leser-Trélat sign
The patient presented with night sweats, dry cough, weight loss, and sudden onset of “itchy moles” on her back.
- Minocycline-induced hyperpigmentation
The patient presented with extensive bluish skin discoloration that had started 1 year earlier as a small area and then spread.