CASE #1 Hyperpigmented rash on the scalp, neck, and trunk.Browning, John CHsu, Sylvia
Lupus can affect people of either gender or any ethnic background. It affects women eight times as often as men. The onset is usually in the childbearing years. There is a higher prevalence in blacks, Latinos, and Afro-Caribbean individuals. There is a lower prevalence in Asians and whites....
Atopic dermatitis, often called eczema, is a common disorder of childhood that produces red itchy, weeping rashes on the inner aspects of the elbows and in the back of the knees as well as the cheeks, neck, wrists, and ankles. It is commonly found in patients who also have asthma and/...
A fast-spreading rash is something you should never ignore.With some rashes, like shingles, you can sometimes watch the blistering lesions develop and spread before your eyes. The same can occur with a drug rash, which often starts on the chest and back first before spreading to the arms an...
Skin examination revealed scaly erythematous papules coalescing into plaques arranged in a reticulate pattern on the chest, the retroauricular scalp, the neck, and the nasolabial folds, along with pigmented macules on the lower back (Fig. 1). A skin biopsy on a pigmented macule demonstrated ...
The second type is the acneiform rash, a disorder characterized by an eruption of papules and pustules, typically appearing in face, scalp, upper chest, and back. Occasionally, keratosis-pilaris-like eruptions may develop (Fig. 5a). Acneiform eruptions on the face and trunk may be seen in ...
and coalesce into a mass of what looks like salt on a red background. The measles rash comes 1 to 2 days after the Koplik spots start, which is 3 to 4 days into the illness. The measles rash is maculopapular and angry, red. It starts around the hairline, neck, and face and ...
It usually is found on the ankles, inner part of the thighs, the forearms, but any skin area of the body can be affected such as inside the mouth, the genital area, the scalp, or the nails. The pityriasis rosea main symptoms are a dry skin that is scaly in texture and reddish-...
Rashes in babies and children ECZEMA Therash: Red, scaly, patches of dry skin, usually on cheeks or in creases of the neck, elbows and knees, but can be anywhere on the body. What's causing your child's rash and what you should do about it ...
The remainder of the physical examination was normal except for the severe eczematous diaper rash and the similar rash on the scalp. Langerhans' cell histiocytosis: current trends and the role of the head and neck surgeon New Scientist magazine reported: ``Vernix might also yield the winning form...