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Asteraceae Dermatitis: Everyday Plants With Allergenic Potential
The Asteraceae (formerly Compositae) family of plants is the second largest family of flowering plants, accounting for 10% of all flowers as well...
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Purpuric Lesions on the Leg
A 74-year-old woman who frequently traveled abroad presented to the dermatology department with retiform purpura of the lower leg along with...
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Multiple Draining Sinus Tracts on the Thigh
A 40-year-old woman presented with multiple draining sinus tracts on the right thigh following an injury sustained weeks earlier while mowing wet...
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Erythema Nodosum Triggered by a Bite From a Copperhead Snake
Erythema nodosum (EN) can occur following snakebites from pit vipers such as the eastern copperhead.
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Generalized Fixed Drug Eruptions Require Urgent Care: A Case Series
Although localized fixed drug eruption (FDE) is a relatively benign diagnosis, generalized bullous FDE requires urgent management and may...
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Reticulated Brownish Erythema on the Lower Back
A 42-year-old woman presented with an asymptomatic, erythematous, lacelike rash on the lower back of 8 months’ duration that was first noticed by...
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Aquatic Antagonists: Dermatologic Injuries From Sea Urchins (Echinoidea)
This article aims to bring awareness to the myriad complications from sea urchin injuries as well as the mechanisms for successful spine removal...
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Dermatologic Care for Refugees: Effective Management of Scabies and Pediculosis
Infestations and cutaneous infections are common among refugee populations, and impetigo often is a sign of underlying scabies infestation.
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Botanical Briefs: Fig Phytophotodermatitis (Ficus carica)
Exposure to the components of the common fig tree (Ficus carica) can induce phytophotodermatitis.
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Asymptomatic Erythematous Plaque in an Outdoorsman
A middle-aged man presented with a well-demarcated, hyperpigmented, erythematous patch with an annular erythematous border that extended from the...
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Aquatic Antagonists: Scorpionfish Envenomation
This article discusses common features of scorpionfish as well as the clinical presentation and treatment options following exposure to its toxins...
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What’s Eating You? Rhipicephalus Ticks Revisited
Rhipicephalus ticks are vectors of a variety of diseases, including the rickettsial diseases Rocky Mountain spotted fever and...
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Asymptomatic Violaceous Plaques on the Face and Back
A 35-year-old Black woman presented to dermatology as a new patient for evaluation of an asymptomatic rash that had enlarged and spread to involve...
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Botanical Briefs: Contact Dermatitis Induced by Western Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii)
Western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii) accounts for many of the cases of Toxicodendron contact dermatitis (TCD) in the...
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What’s Eating You? Update on the Sticktight Flea (Echidnophaga gallinacea)
The sticktight flea serves as a vector for plague as a carrier of Yersinia pestis, rickettsial infections, and other diseases.