Neuropathy Dermatitis

Presented by Professor Khalifa SharqieChief of DermatologyUniversity of Baghdad, IraqAbstract:  Sixty year-old woman with neuropathy dermatitis at the right side of incision scar following right knee-joint replacement.History: This 60 year-old woman had a right knee joint replacement on 7 Jan 2010. About three months post-op, she noticed non-itchy rash on the right side of the incision scar which has gradually enlarged in size. No other important...

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35 yo woman with short history of urticarial vasculitis

Abstract: 35 yo woman with three day history of an atypical urticarial eruptionHPI: This 35 yo woman developed an urticarial eruption 8 - 10 days after starting amoxicillin for a dental infection.  At first the lesions blanched with pressure but over the last few days before her office visit the some of the lesions looked hemorrhagic.  She had mild arthralgias but no fever or malaise.O/E: There was a wide-spread eruption mostly on legs...

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