People’s Choice: Keratoderma Blennorrhagica Submitted by Kunal Chandwar, MD, MBBS, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, India, the photo depicts extensive keratoderma blennorrhagica in a patient with reactive arthritis. Spondyloarthropathies An 18-year-old man presented with psoriasiform plaque-like lesions that began on the limbs and progressed to involve his entire body (including his face) over a month….
Best Overall: Cutaneous Manifestations of Dermatomyositis These images, submitted by Santhanam Lakshminarayanan, MD, associate professor of medicine in the Division of Rheumatology the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, show a 32-year-old Black woman with classic cutaneous manifestations of dermatomyositis: heliotrope rash; periorbital edema with complete closure of the eyes; erythema nodosum on the…
As part of the ACR’s pledge to be a leader for inclusion and change for members, trainees, staff and rheumatology patients, the ACR is holding a special image competition in conjunction with ACR Convergence 2021 dedicated exclusively to images of rheumatic disease in skin of color. “We started discussing the lack of diversity in our…