Volume 47 - Issue 6 - June 2007

<div id="article-content-body"> <p>This lesion had erupted on the back of an elderly man with diabetes mellitus. The inflammatory process involved contiguous follicles with pus evident...

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<div id="article-content-body"><p>To avoid the trauma to the fingers that can occur when you percuss a patient's chest or abdomen, use a reflex hammer to percuss the finger that...

<div id="article-content-body">Everyone knows the trick of pressing with the diaphragm of a stethoscope to locate the tenderness in a child with abdominal pain, without him or her being...

<div id="article-tools-bottom">One of the easiest ways to remove a foreign body from a toddler's nose is to use a small disposable infant ear scoop.</div>

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A 57-year-old man requests an extensive medical evaluation as part of a transition in the ownership of his business.

<div id="article-content-body"><p>A 47-year-old woman with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma was evaluated for swelling of the left side of the chest and neck that developed several hours...

Can you figure out the answer to these 4 cases?

<div id="article-tools-bottom">To ensure that there is no translational error when you suture a linear laceration, use the thumb and index finger of your non-dominant hand to create traction...

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Oral candidiasis, or thrush, can be related to poor dentition or immunosuppression, particularly as a result of oral corticosteroid use.

Tinea that occurs on the hands is referred to as tinea manuum. For unknown reasons, tinea often affects two feet and one hand.

Fungal folliculitis can occur if a superficial fungal infection is treated with topical corticosteroids.

Candidal infection can also occur at the lateral angles of the mouth; it causes erosions and breakdown of the skin.

Tinea pedis (athlete's foot) is common in elderly persons and manifests in the interdigital web folds as scaly plaques on the plantar surfaces of the feet.

Tinea corporis occurs most often on the torso of elderly persons. It commonly appears as an annular plaque with a rim of scaly erythema.

Maceration or scale between isolated web spaces of the fingers suggests erosio interdigitalis blastomycetica (interdigital candidiasis).

Candidal infection can also occur at the lateral angles of the mouth; it causes erosions and breakdown of the skin.

This infection is usually caused by Candida albicans, which is often present in body folds.

Oral candidiasis, or thrush, can be related to poor dentition or immunosuppression, particularly as a result of oral corticosteroid use.

Tinea corporis occurs most often on the torso of elderly persons. It commonly appears as an annular plaque with a rim of scaly erythema.

Tinea that occurs on the hands is referred to as tinea manuum. For unknown reasons, tinea often affects two feet and one hand.

Fungal folliculitis can occur if a superficial fungal infection is treated with topical corticosteroids.

This infection is usually caused by Candida albicans, which is often present in body folds.

Tinea pedis (athlete's foot) is common in elderly persons and manifests in the interdigital web folds as scaly plaques on the plantar surfaces of the feet.

Tinea that occurs on the hands is referred to as tinea manuum. For unknown reasons, tinea often affects two feet and one hand.

Maceration or scale between isolated web spaces of the fingers suggests erosio interdigitalis blastomycetica (interdigital candidiasis).

Candidal infection can also occur at the lateral angles of the mouth; it causes erosions and breakdown of the skin.

Tinea pedis (athlete's foot) is common in elderly persons and manifests in the interdigital web folds as scaly plaques on the plantar surfaces of the feet.

Oral candidiasis, or thrush, can be related to poor dentition or immunosuppression, particularly as a result of oral corticosteroid use.

Tinea corporis occurs most often on the torso of elderly persons. It commonly appears as an annular plaque with a rim of scaly erythema.

Maceration or scale between isolated web spaces of the fingers suggests erosio interdigitalis blastomycetica (interdigital candidiasis).

Fungal folliculitis can occur if a superficial fungal infection is treated with topical corticosteroids.

This infection is usually caused by Candida albicans, which is often present in body folds.