Talon Zumba

Abstract: 36 yo woman with brown-black macule on heelHPI:  A 36 year-old woman presented in a panic with a recently discovered dark-brown to black macule on the heel of her left foot.  It had been brought to her attention by her pedicurist.  The patient had consulted the Internet and found articles about acrolentiginous melanoma which worried her greatly. Anamnesis revealed that she had been Zumba dancing a few days before this...

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Erosive Pustular Dermatosis

Presented by Hamish Dunwoodie, MBBSThe Pas,  Manitoba CanadaAbstract:  98 yo woman with exophitic tumor of the foreheadHPI:  The patient is a light complected Caucasian with a 4 month history of a keratotic lersion on the forehead.  She has a history of nonmelanoma skin cancer.  She is a poor historian.O/E:  4 cm in diameter crusted tumor forehead.Photos:After crust removedProcedure:  The lesion was compressed with...

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Nonspecific Oral and Genital Lesions

Abstract:  92 year-old woman with 6 year history of painful oral and genital lesionsHPI:  The patient is an otherwise healthy and alert 92 year old woman with painful erosions of tongue and vulva for six years. She has marked pain with eating and urination.  Mouth lesions preceded genital lesions by a few years.  She has been followed for erosive lichen planus but it is unclear if any biopsies were positive.  She has lost...

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