Keratosis Follicularis

Presented by DJ ElpernPhotomicrographs by Jag BhawanAbstract: 10 yo girl with 4 month history of a dermatosis on the neckHPI: The patient is a pleasant 10 year old who presents for evaluation of a symmetrical papular eruption on the sides of the neck which has been present for about 4-5 months. She has been treated with a number of different topicals by her pediatrician without relief. The patient lives with a grandmother and there is no pertinent...

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Facial flush in a pregnant woman

Presented by Henry FoongIpoh, MalaysiaA 37 year old restaurant waitress had these rashes on the face for several years, but worse recently since her pregnancy. She is G2P1 at the end of her first trimester. The rash was described as itching, burning. She had seen a dermatologist in Japan and was diagnosed as rosacea. There was no fever or polyarthralgia. Family history was insignificant. Drug history nil.She feels very uncomfortable. Examination...

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Neurotic Excoriations

Abstract: 37 yo woman with few year history of excoriationsHPI: The patient is a disabled 37 yo woman who has suffered with painful sores on face, arms, buttocks, upper back for a few years. She was a trainer of race horses till a few years ago. She has a history of alcoholism. A few years back, she was diagnosed with alcoholic hepatitis and hemochromatosis (she gets regular phlebotomies). There is a history of sexual abuse starting at age...

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