Phototoxic dermatitis
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Perniosis
Unilateral painful purplish plaques involved only two fingers of 5 days duration. O/E the involved parts were cold and the patient complained severe itching on exposure to heat. Pentoxyphyllin 400 mg twice daily for 10 days gave very good improvement.
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A 28-year old obese female presented with unilateral retculated hyperpigmentation involved on leg of 2 months duration. The patient gave history of exposing her right leg only to an electrical heater during cold winter months. It started as redness and within 2 months changed into reticular brownish rash.
MoreCornu cutaneum
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History
A 66-year-old man presented with a solitary horny digitate projection arose from an erythematous base on the upper part of the chest of six months duration. Biopsy of the lesion showed actinic keratosis at the base of the horn.
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Cornu cutaneum
History
A 67-year-old man presented with an about 2.5 cm long cutaneous horn arise from a hyperkeratotic base situated in the middle part of the auricle of many years duration. Excisional biopsy has showed actinic keratosis at the base of the horn.
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Perniosis of the ear
History
A 25-year-old male after an exposure to severe bout of cold weather a painful dull red plaque developed on the ear’s rim. Within two days it was complicated by a superficial ulcer of the ear. On examination, the lesion was cold and tender. There was no other perniotic lesions elsewhere.
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Chilblains
History
A 20-year-old female presented one day after exposure to extreme cold weather with painful purplish plaques on the toes of both feet. On examination the forefeet were cold and tender. Pentoxyfylline 400 mg twice daily for 10 days gave marked improvement.
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Polymorphous light eruption
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History
A middle-aged lady suffered pruritic, red, papular eruption confined to the sun-exposed parts of the face and neck of many months duration with exacerbations occur mainly after sun exposure. There was no history of topical agent appliaction or systemic drug intake before the onset of the rash.
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