Single Nail Dystrophy

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Cheilitis Challenge

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Lichen Striatus vs. Blaschkitis

History: The patient is three year old Filipino boy with a one year history of linear slightly elevated incompletely hypopigmented lesions on the right shoulder extending to the right arm.  He has no other significant skin lesions and his health is good otherwise.  The process seemed to resolve at one point only to recur.O/E:  The dermatosis extends from the posterior right shoulder to the right upper arm and consists of confluent...

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Zinc Deficiency Syndrome?

Abstract:  53 yo woman with one month history of wide-spread dermatitis.HPI:  The patient is a massively obese woman who weighed 750 pounds a year before her office visit but at present weighs around 350 pounds.  Her weight loss has been achieved by severe calorie restriction (she lives in a care facility).  Her skin was clear until a month before the office visit.  By history, the dermatitis began on hands and arms, spread...

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