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In this section we have spot diagnoses posted on a daily basis since June 2010, now over 4000! You can review the archived cases and read the suggested diagnoses by users and the final comment by the contributors.
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July 2014

23 records in this category

  1. 1 year-old girl with painful erythroderma confined to the diaper area and accompanied by thin walled blisters, areas of desqumation and positive Nikolski's sign. Mucous membranes are spared.<br /><br />Case posted by Dr. Uma Sundram.
    • 16 comments
    • 4,097 views
  2. The patient is a 59-year-old woman with a biopsy of a 6 mm tender white, sclerotic-appearing lesion present for one year on the left side of the scalp. <br /><br />Case posted by Dr. Mark Hurt
    • 12 comments
    • 4,387 views
  3. F20 Fever, cervical lymphadenopathy, rash comprising nodules and plaques over face and upper limbs (c/o Dr Tan Kong Bing & Lee Yoke Sun, National University Hospital, Singapore)<br /><br />Case posted by Dr. Richard Carr.
    • 10 comments
    • 3,029 views
  4. 16 year old female with erythematous papules and nodules on her lower extremities. The biopsy is from a nodule on the left lower leg.<br /><br />Case posted by Dr. Uma Sundram.
    • 10 comments
    • 3,333 views
  5. The patient is a 68 year old woman with a shave biopsy of a shiny papule on the left cheek.<br /><br />Case posted by Dr. Mark Hurt
    • 9 comments
    • 3,294 views
  6. Clinical Details: Periorbital swelling. Erythematous rash on forearms, knuckle of fingers.<br />A. Left arm; B. 4th Finger<br /><br />Case posted by Dr. Richard Carr.
    • 9 comments
    • 2,889 views
  7. The patient is a 79 year old white woman with a history of pruritic, vesicular bulbous lesions on the arms, legs and trunk. Punch biopsies for H&E microscopy and direct immunofluorescence of the areas near the papules are taken from A and B - the peri-lesional skin. <br /><br />Case posted by Dr. Mark Hurt
    • 9 comments
    • 3,395 views
  8. M38. Lesion right shoulder ??BCC 2 yrs in Cyprus and 2 years in Kenya.<br /><br />Case posted by Dr. Richard Carr.
    • 9 comments
    • 3,175 views
  9. One month old female with blue firm nodule on her right upper arm and back since 1 week of age. This is a biopsy of her right upper arm lesion.<br /><br />Case posted by Dr. Uma Sundram.
    • 9 comments
    • 3,009 views
  10. 43 year-old female with biopsy from thigh. She has renal disease.<br /><br />Case Posted by Dr Hafeez Diwan<br />
    • 9 comments
    • 2,830 views
  11. The patient is a 64 year old man with an excision of an enlarging lesion, present four years, taken from the midline upper chest.<br /><br />Case posted by Dr. Mark Hurt
    • 8 comments
    • 2,873 views
  12. M53. Cystic lesion chest wall over manubrium.<br /><br />Case posted by Dr. Richard Carr.
    • 8 comments
    • 2,631 views
  13. The patient is a 65 year old white woman with a shave biopsy from the frontal scalp. <br /><br />Case posted by Dr. Mark Hurt
    • 8 comments
    • 3,134 views
  14. 48 year-old female with right upper eyelid lesion.<br /><br />Case posted by Dr. Hafeez Diwan.
    • 8 comments
    • 2,964 views
  15. 34 year-old male with hyperpigmented 1.5 cm plaque, right thigh, for 15 years.<br /><br />Case Posted by Dr Hafeez Diwan
    • 8 comments
    • 2,776 views
  16. 79 year-old male with a right finger mass. <br /><br />Case posted by Dr. Hafeez Diwan.
    • 7 comments
    • 2,761 views
  17. 47 year-old male with a biopsy of a foot lesion.<br /><br />Case posted by Dr. Hafeez Diwan.
    • 7 comments
    • 2,661 views
  18. 2 year-old male with lesion on scalp.<br /><br />Case posted by Dr. Hafeez Diwan.
    • 7 comments
    • 3,206 views
  19. Male, 39 year old, scaly erythema, post inflammatory peri-follicular change. Some scarring ?DLE ?LLP. Punch biopsy. Crown/vertex 6mm punch biopsy
    • 7 comments
    • 4,122 views
  20. 26 year-old male with biopsy from forearm. <br /><br />Case posted by Dr. Hafeez Diwan.
    • 7 comments
    • 2,668 views
  21. 59 year-old female with renal disease. This biopsy is from the left leg. <br /><br />Case posted by Dr. Hafeez Diwan.
    • 6 comments
    • 2,684 views
  22. 30 year old female with right ankle, foot and heel ulcer, s/p recent traumatic injury. This is an excisional biopsy of the right ankle lesion.<br /><br />Case posted by Dr. Uma Sundram.
    • 6 comments
    • 2,789 views
  23. 81 year-old male with punch biopsy of lesion from left back. He has had 2 other similar lesions in the past, at other anatomic locations.<br /><br />Case posted by Dr. Hafeez Diwan.
    • 6 comments
    • 2,397 views
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