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Thumb: Scaling with Pitted Nail Plate
About a year ago, this 40-year-old man developed scaling on the distal one-third of his thumbnail.
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Giving providers a (diagnostic) hand with rash
Treatment for fungal infection seemed to help this man's hand condition, but not much. Could the cause be something else?
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Hair loss comes and goes, always causing distress
Joe Monroe discusses many of the forms of hair loss and sheds light on distinguishing them.
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All of Her Friends Say She Has Ringworm
Three weeks ago, a 25-year-old woman noticed an asymp¬tomatic lesion of unknown origin on her chest. Since then, smaller versions have appeared in...
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Why This Child Hates to Put On Socks
The distraught mother of an 8-year-old boy brings him urgently to dermatology for evaluation of a condition that has affected his feet for the...
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Edematous Changes Coincide with New Job
A 50-year-old man presents with a six-month history of worsening redness, swelling, and pain in the interdigital web spaces of both feet.
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Topical Steroids: the Solution or the Cause?
A 59-year-old man presents with skin changes on both antecubital areas.
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Dandruff Provides Clue for Rash
A 64-year-old man self-refers to dermatology for evaluation of an asymptomatic rash that has been present on his groin for more than a year.
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He Loves the Sun, but It Doesn't Love Him
A 36-year-old man urgently self-refers to dermatology for evaluation of skin changes that a friend recently noticed and promptly insisted he seek...
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Woman Goes Gray - Not Her Hair, Her Face
A 61-year-old woman presents with marked changes in her skin that she first noted several months ago.
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Patient's Condition is "All Thumbs"
A 56-year-old man is referred to dermatology for evaluation of a “fungal infection” that has affected both thumbnails for at least 20 years. While...
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Pruritic Rash on Both Soles
A 62-year-old woman is referred to dermatology for evaluation of a pruritic rash that has been present on both soles for more than two years.
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Is A Common Illness The Cause of This Man's Rash?
A 44-year-old man presents with an asymptomatic rash that manifested several weeks ago. His primary care provider called it “ringworm,” but it has...
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Man Continually Cuts Facial Lesion While Shaving
A 53-year-old man self-refers to dermatology for evaluation of a lesion on his left maxilla that has been basically unchanged for several years....
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How Should This Young Girl Be Diagnosed?
A 6-year-old girl has been seen by at least three providers, each of whom offered a different diagnosis for the dermatologic changes to her arm (...