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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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May 2016

22 records in this category

  1. The patient is a 49 year old woman with a history of Raynaud's. A punch biopsy of brown, velvet-like plaques is taken from the right dorsal index MCP joint. Clinical Diagnosis: acanthosis nigricans vs post-inflammatory pigmentary changes vs lichenoid dermatitis.<br /><br />Dr Mark Hurt.
    • 12 comments
    • 3,428 views
  2. 60 year old woman with lesion on the cheek. First IHC image=polykeratin, second IHC image=EMA, third IHC image=p63.<br /><br />Dr Uma Sundram.
    • 9 comments
    • 2,684 views
  3. 6-day-old healthy full-term Hispanic girl presents with an ulcerated lesion on the left upper arm. It was present at birth as a “red dot� and began to crust on day of life 3. She was sent to the ER by the PCP who was concerned it could be HSV.<br /><br />Dr Hafeez Diwan
    • 10 comments
    • 2,917 views
  4. 45 year-old Hispanic male with HIV and a CD4 count of 2, with red macules/rash. He is suspected to have TB meningitis. This biopsy is from an unspecified site.<br /><br />Dr Hafeez Diwan
    • 10 comments
    • 2,724 views
  5. Spot Diagnosis provided by Dr Richard Carr<br /><br />Additional Images to Follow at 6pm GMT
    • 14 comments
    • 2,940 views
  6. The patient is a 44 year old woman with an excision of a 1.5 x 1.9 cm pinkish-tan dermal nodule taken from the right lower back. <br /><br />Dr Mark Hurt.
    • 11 comments
    • 2,438 views
  7. 57 year old woman, history of multiple non melanoma skin cancers, with pigmented lesion on the left lower arm. No known prior biopsy.<br /><br />Dr Uma Sundram
    • 12 comments
    • 2,665 views
  8. 27/F scalp ?seb cyst<br /><br />Case posted by Dr Arti Bakshi
    • 12 comments
    • 2,702 views
  9. 39 year-old male with eroded lesions in axilla and groin. This biopsy is from the axilla.<br /><br />Dr Hafeez Diwan
    • 9 comments
    • 2,796 views
  10. Patient itchy and picked off pieces of skin placed in wet tissue and brought in for microscopic examination. ? lice/ticks.<br /><br />Dr Richard Carr<br />
    • 7 comments
    • 2,429 views
  11. The patient is a 76-year-old woman with a shave biopsy taken from the right nasal sidewall. <br /><br />Dr Mark Hurt.
    • 9 comments
    • 2,493 views
  12. 64 year old woman with back dermal lesion. The stain in image 5 is sox 10.<br /><br />Dr Uma Sundram
    • 12 comments
    • 2,595 views
  13. 54 year-old male with biopsy labeled as right inguinal lymph node.<br /><br />Dr Hafeez Diwan
    • 8 comments
    • 2,589 views
  14. 49-year-old Hispanic man presents with a 4-week history of non-healing ulcerations on the right lower leg. The patient previously complained of dyspnea, sore throat, dry cough, and arthralgias. A CT chest without contrast showed very mild scattered areas of ground-glass opacities with no specific distribution.<br /><br />Dr Hafeez Diwan
    • 8 comments
    • 2,411 views
  15. ?Actinic keratosis<br /><br />Dr Richard Carr<br />
    • 8 comments
    • 2,909 views
  16. The patient is a 36 year old woman with a punch biopsy taken from the intermammary chest.<br /><br />Dr Mark Hurt
    • 10 comments
    • 3,411 views
  17. 60 year old male who is status post arrhythmia, intubated and on antibiotics during his hospital stay. Now he has a one day history of intact firm 4-8 mm blisters on neck and right antecubital fossa.<br /><br />Dr Uma Sundram
    • 11 comments
    • 2,422 views
  18. 63 year-old female with forehead mass.<br /><br />Dr Hafeez Diwan
    • 6 comments
    • 2,399 views
  19. 72/M itchy targetoid widespread rash with skin peeling, oral lesions +, lesions developed shortly following Terbinafine therapy. On investigations, ANA positive (high titres), positive Anti-Ro and Anti- la.<br /><br />Dr Arti Bakshi
    • 9 comments
    • 2,311 views
  20. M75. Cheek. Inflamed nodule. Seen by GP day before. ?BCC<br /><br />Dr Richard Carr
    • 7 comments
    • 2,749 views
  21. 66 year old female with tumour on scalp<br /><br />Iskander Chaudhry
    • 4 comments
    • 1,570 views
  22. Spot Diagnosis provided by Iskander Chaudhry
    • 2 comments
    • 2,185 views
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