Dermatology Digest Articles

What is this psoriasiform plaque?

, Amor Khachemoune, MD, FAAD July 06, 2011

A male patient presents with an expanding, erythematous region on his right knee that had proved unresponsive to topical corticosteroids.
 

What is this slow-growing preauricular lesion?

, Amor Khachemoune, MD, FAAD June 07, 2011

A 78-year-old white male presented for evaluation of a steadily growing, increasingly red, pruritic lesion on the right side of his neck below the ear.
 

What caused this woman's addiction 
to steroids?

May 04, 2011

After a facial eruption persists for over 6 months and the patient experiences tingling after discontinuing a steroid cream, she presents for evaluation of the condition.
 

What caused this spotted, itchy rash on the shins?

April 06, 2011

A female patient presents with multiple reddish to brown lesions that were present for over a year but had recently multiplied.
 

What caused these unusual bumps on the left eyebrow?

March 11, 2011

A female patient presents for evaluation of unusual bumps along her left eyebrow.
 

What caused this pruritic 
eruption of the armpits?

February 04, 2011

A woman presents with a papular follicular eruption that has been present for the past 3 months and has not responded to several OTC treatments.
 

Just how 
dangerous is this forearm 
lesion?

January 06, 2011

A patient with leathery, sun-damaged skin presents with a fixed but growing lesion on his left arm.
 

What caused this hair loss on the scalp?

December 07, 2010

A 10-year-old boy with hair loss in the vertex area of the scalp, chronic anxiety, and attention deficit disorder presented for evaluation.
 

Unusual depressed areas on 
the arm 
and buttock

, Amor Khachemoune, MD, FAAD November 01, 2010

A female patient presents for evaluation of two indentations and hypopigmented areas that had been present for the past 7 months.
 

What are these lesions that spread from the lips?

October 12, 2010

A female patient presented with asymptomatic lesions on her lips, face, and arms that had persisted for the past 6 months.
 

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