Wednesday, July 26, 2006

An Incidental Finding

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The patient is an 85 yo man who presented for generalized pruritus which has been present for two years. He has a history of prostate canc...
Monday, July 24, 2006

Tale of Two Lesions

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I saw these two patients today. Your comments are most welcome. Path reports will be affixed when available. 1) 69 yo man with 1.5 month h...
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Thursday, July 20, 2006

Hypopigmentation in atopic dermatitis

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This is a 7-year-old boy who developed multiple patches of hypopigmentation on the dorsum of the hands for 3 years. He had a history of ato...
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Wednesday, July 12, 2006

A Case from New Brunswick

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A friend from coastal New Brunswick sent this interesting case: Dear Dr. Elpern, The patient is a 91 year-old working lobsterman who was sen...
Friday, July 07, 2006

Probably Lyme

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The patient is a 56 year old man in good general health. Six days ago, he developed an erythematous papule on the left abdomen. Over the pas...
Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Eye Lash Alopecia

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The patient is an eight year old girl who has had a dermatitis of her eyelid margins off an on for around a year. She gets crusted areas wh...
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Saturday, June 24, 2006

Bed Bugs

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This 35 year-old man went to Mamaronek, New York to watch the New York Open Golf Championship last weekend. The closest motel room he could...
Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Lyme Disease

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This 52 year-old woman presented as a walk-in patient today. She has a five day history of an erythematous nodule on the right shoulder whi...
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Wednesday, June 07, 2006

Erosio interdigitalis blastomycetica

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Why do dermatologists love these cumbersome terms?? The patient is a 30 yo woman with a two week history of a sore area between the 3rd and ...
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Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Genital Pain in a 60 yo Man

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Dear Pre-VGRD, Thank you for allowing me to present this difficult case. The patient is a 60-year-old journalist, who presents for evaluatio...
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Thursday, May 18, 2006

Photosensitive dermatitis from bleaching creams

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My friend, David Elpern MD, a dermatologist from Williamstown, USA sent this note to me. "NY Times May 14, 2006 A Vision of Pale Beaut...
Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Onycholysis

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The patient is a healthy 58 year old woman with a 3 year history of onycholysis. Fungal culture has grown out Candida zeylanoides. Bacteria...
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Thursday, May 11, 2006

Pellagra in Alcoholics

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In Iraq, pellagra is only seen in sporadic cases in patients with alcoholism. I describe here a case of pellagra in 30 year old man who use...
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Tuesday, May 09, 2006

Nail Bed Carcinoma

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The patient is s 70 yo man who was seen today for a three year follow-up of micrographic surgery for a sqaumous cell carcinoma of the nail b...
Friday, May 05, 2006

Folliculitis and Hair Loss

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The patient is a 30 year-old man with a 2 year history of folliculitis and mild hair loss. He has erythematous papules and a few pustules s...
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Saturday, April 29, 2006

Volcanic Eruption

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The patient is an 88 yo woman who came as a "walk-in" today. She said she had a "volcano erupt" on her leg two weeks ago...
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Saturday, April 22, 2006

Cream Complacency

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A 60 yo man was seen yesterday for pruritic papules on scalp and extremities. He had seen another dermatologist over the years and had been ...
Friday, April 21, 2006

U.P in a Newborn

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I saw a new born today at the neonatal ward. He is the first child, just delivered today by LSCS for fetal distress. Noted to have general...
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Thursday, March 30, 2006

Unknown

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What are your thoughts? The Pathology Report: ATYPICAL LYMPHOID HYPEPLASIA "Superficial and deep, nodular and diffuse lymphohistiocytic...
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Saturday, March 18, 2006

“NAILING DOWN A DIAGNOSIS”

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Presented by Brian T. Maurer, Enfield, Connecticut D.S. is a 72-year-old left-handed male with a three-year history of periungual inflammati...
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