Dermatology
- Median rhomboid glossitis caused by tongue-brushing
The patient had started vigorous brushing 1 month earlier after being told that she had bad breath.
- Update in cutaneous manifestations of COVID-19: Special populations
Recognition of skin reactions and their implications is beneficial to clinicians in shaping patient counseling and anticipatory guidance. An illustrated guide.
- Asymptomatic granules on the buccal mucosa
A healthy 35-year-old man presented with multiple small, white-yellow papules.
- Scaly plaques in a malnourished patient
A markedly low serum zinc level and the characteristic location of the rash in a patient with long-standing alcohol use disorder and cirrhosis led to the correct diagnosis.
- Widespread skin-thickening and hyperpigmentation
A 37-year-old military veteran presented with extensive velvety hyperpigmented plaques over nearly 15% of the total body surface.
- Phenytoin-induced gingival overgrowth
A young man presented with lower-extremity weakness and slurred speech. He has been on seizure prophylaxis after experiencing a seizure following hemicraniectomy for subdural hematoma.
- Nasal herpes simplex virus infection
Skin changes on the nose in a 37-year-old patient that began after a scratch were concerning for extensive nasal skin necrosis.
- Hyperpigmentation as a clue to Addison disease
The 66-year-old woman presented with fatigue, loss of appetite, and hyperpigmentation of the tongue, soft palate, buccal mucosa, lower lip, fingers, and nail beds.
- Circulating lipids are not all bad: An LDL mimic that may be only skin deep
Although lipoprotein-X separates out by density in the low-density lipoprotein (LDL) fraction and thus may appear as LDL in the laboratory report, it is biologically unique.
- Xanthomas: Differentiating atherogenic from nonatherogenic
The patient had tendinous xanthomas on the dorsal joints of the hand and eruptive xanthomas on the buttock, as well as xanthoma striatum palmare on the volar aspect of the hand.