This 9-month-old boy was brought to dermatology by his parents, who were alarmed by the rash on his buttocks. The rash had been present on and off for several weeks and had been treated as ringworm, first...
Sanjeev Y. Tuli, MD; Sonal S. Tuli, MD; Charles L. Clark, III, MD; Robert J. Applebaum, BS ; Nausheen Khuddus, MD
A 9½-year-old boy was referred to an ophthalmology service for evaluation of a 3-day history of bilateral eyelid rash. At presentation, he had been hospitalized with a 5-day history of a high fever of...
A 12-year-old obese African American boy with a history of atopic dermatitis presented to the emergency department with a history of increasing lower extremity pruritus and edema. He recently had been...
A 16-year-old boy presented with an acute case of hand dermatitis, which had been made worse by self-treatment with numerous agents, including hydrogen peroxide, alcohol, bleach, topical antibacerial...
A 3-year-old girl is brought by her mother for evaluation of a rash that began as a single painful, itchy blister on the lip 4 days earlier. After the blister resolved, similar lesions appeared on the face,...
An 81-year-old woman presented with a widespread pruritic eruption of 1 month's duration. She had hypertension but was otherwise healthy and was taking no new medications.
With the onset of winter, dry and scaly skin accompanied by pruritus prompted this patient to seek medical attention. Topical corticosteroids and a change in bathing habits eased the eczematous symptoms. ...
Since infancy, the child has had moderate to severe eczema that is controlled with a topical corticosteroid (hydrocortisone 1%), moisturizer, and tacrolimus( 0.03% (on the facial rash).
Eczematous and xerotic inflammatory dermatoses are more common in older adults because of the impairment in epidermal integrity that occurs with aging.
