Many clinical types of tinea infections may associate with each other i.e one type may predispose to other and so may present in any combination, these types are: tinea cruris, tinea pedis, tinea unguium and tinea mannun. The current case is an example of such combinations (tinea cruris and tinea manum) of three months duration. KOH was positive and excellent response to systemic griseofulvin was obtained.
A 60-year-old man presented with severe generalized hemorrhagic vesicular rash with fever, arthralgia and headache of 4-5 days duration. The presented photo shows severe involvement of the face by vesicular rash with many vesicles having characteristic central umbilication. Family history of chickenpox was positive in many grandsons of the patient.
Few days following the appearance of Orf lesion on the dorsal surface of the thumb bilateral symmetrical erythematous papular and plaque lesions, many of which have target-like morphology have appeared on both palms.
A 35-year-old man presented with a generalized papular rash associated with severe itching especially at night. On examination the penis was severely involved with red papules, nodules and erosions. Three days treatment with 10% sulfur ointment resulted in great improvement.
A 50-year-old woman presented with multiple pruritic rounded and oval plaques with more active margins and less active centres of four months duration. The lesions involved the wrist, thigh and one leg. Excoriation marks were evident and concentrated more at the periphery of the lesions.
A 3-year-old toddler presented with pruritic penile papules of few weeks duration. O/E, One burrow can be seen on the prepuce. Family history of scabies was positive.
A 3-month-year old female infant presented with a solitary small oval superficial punched-out ulcer with crusted base involved the neck flexure of 10 days duration. Oral cephalexin and topical fusidic acid cream for 10 days has cured this ulcer.
