Case Study: Painful and Itchy Rash on the Face, Torso, and Armpits
A patient presents to the emergency department complaining of a severe rash affecting his face, torso, and armpits.
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Case Study: Lower Extremity Rash and Abdominal Pain
A woman presents to the emergency department with a mildly itchy rash on her legs and lower extremity joint pain following a cold.
Case Study: Nodules on the Arm and Leg
A 67-year-old man presents with 2 nodules on his elbow.
Cutis Rhomboidalis
A 78-year-old man presented with thickened, heavily lined skin on his posterior neck that had been present for an indeterminate period of time.
Multiple Erythematous, Scaly Plaques
Case 1 A 38-year-old man presents to the clinic complaining of numerous pruritic lesions on his right lower extremity. He claims that all of the lesions appeared within the past 3 months. He denies similar occurrence and reports no history of skin conditions, although he states that his mother often breaks out in a “rash”…
Lower Extremity Swelling and Rash
Case 1 A 58-year-old obese African American man with congestive heart failure presents with swelling and lesions on his lower extremities. He first noticed the swelling 2 years earlier, and several painless, wart-like lesions have developed over the past few months. He reports having had a few skin infections in the same region for which…
Widespread Erythematous Rash
In Case 1, a 24-year-old man presents to his primary care physician with complaints of new-onset sore throat and fatigue. In Case 2, a 50-year-old man presents to an urgent care clinic complaining of a fast-developing pruritic rash after being stung by a wasp.
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