History
A two-day-old male neonate presented with a generalized erythroderma involved the entire body integument. He has been born enclosed in a collodion-like membrane. Ectropion and some degree of eclabium were evident on examination.
Nevus spilus
History
A 22-year-old male presented with a unilateral spotty brownish pigmentation on a background of lighter hyperpigmentation involved most of the left side of the face since birth.
Nodular melanoma complicating congenital melanocytic nevus
History
A 75-year-old man presented with a small dark-red to brownish dome-shaped slightly crusted nodule developed within an irregularly-shaped congenital melanocytic nevus. The nodule has been noticed six months before presentation. It has been excised with a suitable safe margin and sent for histologic examination which revealed a nodular melanoma with malignant melanocytes reaching to mid dermis level.
Chemotherapy-induced acral erythema
History
Palmoplantar erythrodysesthesia syndrome is a relatively common syndrome induced by many chemotherapeutic agents, most frequently 5-fluouracil (5-FU),doxorubicin, and cytosine arabinoside. The reaction which is dose-dependent may occur in as many as 40% of treated patients.
The current case is a 62-year-old man with chronic lymphocytic leukemia who few days after starting chemotherapy complained of dysesthesia of the palms which in a few days followed by painful, symmetric dusky erythema and edema of the palms and less severe reaction on the dorsal surface of both hands.
Tinea corporis
History
A 5-year-old boy presented with pruritic red scaly patches on the side of the trunk of three months duration. The lesions had more active scaly borders. KOH examintion of the scales was positive for fungi. No history of contact with animals and no similar family history.
Tinea corporis
History
A solitary, circinate, red scaly plaque studded with pustules having well-defined border of one month duration. Excellent response to twice daily applications of combined topical Clotrimazole and Fusidic acid creams for 4 weeks.
Senile purpura
History
A 75-year-old man presented with spontaneous idiopathic ecchymotic patches and one hemorrhagic blister on the dorsa of both hands of one week duration. The patient claimed no history of previous trauma or drug intake. Physical examination was negative and on investigations his blood profile was normal.
Zosteriform verrucous epidermal nevus
History
This 36-year-old man gave history of multiple wart-like lesions on one side of the abdomen since early childhood. On examination, a zosteriform verrucous epidermal nevus was found. The nevus consisted of numerous, brownish plane wart- like papules of unilateral distribution involving mainly T10 dermatome of the right side of the abdomen. The lesions were asymptomatic and there were no associated neurological or skeletal abnormalities.