The Case A 68-year-old woman with a past medical history of Charcot-Marie-Tooth presents with thickening of the skin on her trunk and extremities, which she has had for the past seven months (see Figures 1 and 2). Her symptoms first began with swelling of her bilateral upper and lower extremities. She is now having difficulty…
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Case Study in Dermatology: Familial Sarcoidosis/Blau Syndrome
Test your diagnostic knowledge with this case of multiple erythematous, slightly hyperpigmented waxy papules coalescing into plaques without scale over both distal lower extremities
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Foot rash on man with hypertension
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Dermatology Case Review
A 64-year-old man with history of type-II diabetes (well controlled on sitagliptin/metformin), hypertension, and dyslipidemia presents with complaints of an increasingly painful left lower-extremity lesion present for two to three months.
Dermatology Case Answer
A 64-year-old man with history of type-II diabetes (well controlled on sitagliptin/metformin), hypertension, and dyslipidemia presents with complaints of an increasingly painful left lower-extremity lesion present for two to three months.
Dermatology Case Review
A 33-year-old woman presents with somewhat pruritic, nodular lesions worsening over the past three months in the site of a newly placed tattoo. The nodules are restricted to certain portions of the tattoo only.
Dermatology Case Answer
Figure 2: Hematoxylin and eosin stain from punch biopsy of lesional skin demonstrated sarcoidal granulomas, inflamed. Review the case… The correct answer is D) Sarcoidosis: This patient’s first presentation of sarcoidosis consisted of skin lesions that were sarcoidal granulomas localized to a single pigment color within her tattoo (note the red pigment areas only are affected)….