Friday, August 31, 2007

Rosacea

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This posting is from Liliana Rivis, a F.P. resident from Augusta, ME. It is intended for her colleagues as a learning experience, but othe...
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Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Evolving Lupus Variant?

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Your thoughts are most welcome with regards to this patient. I don't have a firm diagnosis yet, but suspect this will turn out to be a ...
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Wednesday, August 15, 2007

The Orphan Patient

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Walter Shelley wrote this important poem about those patients who challenge all of us. We published it in Dermanities a while back and rece...
Monday, August 13, 2007

Mokihana Dermatitis

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Presented by Caitlin Stiglmeier I am a 23-year old woman with Type 1 skin who was gathering the fragrant mokihana berries in Kokee, Kauai’s ...
Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Buttock Necrosis

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The patient is a 50 yo nurse who presented to my office on July 31, 2007. Here is the history in her words: "On June 28th I fell off o...
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Thursday, July 26, 2007

A Textbook Case

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A 76 year old woman presented to the dermatologist with a four month history of darkening of the skin of her neck, axillae, inframammary are...
Saturday, July 14, 2007

Fingertip Eczema

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The patient is a 52 yo warehouseman with a two year history of a painful fingertip eczema of the first three fingers of his right hand and f...
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Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Turtles, Birds and Bears

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Dermatologists in the U.S. spend a fair bit of time screening patients for skin cancers. In spite of this, there is little evidence that th...
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Friday, July 06, 2007

Atypical Cheilitis

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The patient is a 58 yo gynecologist who has had a scaly lower lip for over seven months. When it began, she was wearing orthodontic braces....
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Friday, June 29, 2007

Lactating Mother

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The patient is a 23 yo woman who is nursing a 4 month old infant. She has had psoriasis since childhood, often quite severe. A single moth...
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Sunday, June 24, 2007

In These United States

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The quality of care in the U.S. varies quite a bit. Everyday, I see patients who might do better elsewhere but can not afford specialist ca...
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Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Iatrogenic Striae

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A 17 year old boy was seen by his pediatrician for a crural rash. He was prescribed Clotrimazole/betamethasone diproprionate cream to use b....
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Saturday, June 16, 2007

The Mask

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6/15/07 Every day one sees something unique: either a new disorder or a singular variant of common process. A 90 yo woman was seen yesterd...
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Thursday, June 14, 2007

Case for Diagnosis

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Presented by Choon Siew Eng FRCP, Johor Bahru, Malaysia. 46 years old woman with 3-year history of gradually enlarging asymptomatic indurate...
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Saturday, June 09, 2007

Case For Diagnosis

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Presented by Dr. Amanda Oakley, Hamilton, New Zealand A month ago, a 14-year old girl presented to the paediatricians with a fever, arthralg...
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Monday, June 04, 2007

Case for Diagnosis

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The patient is a 54 yo woman with a 2 week history of a rash on the arms and chest. Two months ago, she had erythema nodosum with atypical ...
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Sunday, June 03, 2007

Continuous Medical Education

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VGRD and this VGRD Blog have been around for a number of years now. Both serve as forums at which dermatologists and other physicians can p...
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Saturday, May 12, 2007

Thorny, Horny Dilemma

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Ian McColl from Queensland, Australia, is presenting a five year-old girl for opinions. He doesn't have much information at this time....
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Friday, May 11, 2007

Case from Inuvik

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From Alex Wong, PGY II Internal Medicine, UAB, Calgary: I'm currently on a rotation up in the Northwest Territories and I just came bac...
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Tuesday, May 08, 2007

'Tis the Season

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A 78 yo man with a history of non-melanoma skin cancer presented today for a general skin exam: a six month check-up. It is high spring no...
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