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A girl presents with blotchy, slightly itchy spots on her chest, back
- Author:
- Catalina Matiz, MD
What condition can present in childhood causing pale macules and patches surrounded by erythematous ill-defined patches?
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A teen presents with a severe, tender rash on the extremities
- Author:
- Catalina Matiz, MD
A 13-year-old girl presents with skin that is red and hot; she has tense bullae on the neck, arms, and legs.
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A 4-year-old with a lesion on her cheek, which grew and became firmer over two months
- Author:
- Catalina Matiz, MD
A toddler presents with pink, rubbery, nontender, nonfluctuant nodules on the cheek.
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What presents as deep erythematous papules, pustules, and may form an annular or circular plaque?
- Author:
- Catalina Matiz, MD
It is a cutaneous mycosis in which the fungal infection goes deeper into the hair follicle causing a...
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What's your diagnosis?
- Author:
- Catalina Matiz, MD
A baby boy presents with purpuric papules on his face, arms, legs, and edematous extremities.
Opinion
Nail dystrophy and nail plate thinning
- Author:
- Catalina Matiz, MD
The child also had longitudinal fissuring of all fingernails on presentation.
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- Author:
- Catalina Matiz, MD
What condition presents in children as flesh-colored bumps that may becomes crusty and somewhat itchy?
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Pruritic, pink to violaceous, scaly papules
- Author:
- Catalina Matiz, MD
What dermatologic condition presents abruptly as pruritic, pink to violaceous, scaly papules or plaques, later developing necrotic centers?
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A 2-month-old infant with a scalp rash that appeared after birth
- Author:
- Catalina Matiz, MD
What presents on infants’ scalps as a semicircular patch of alopecia with associated scarring, crusting, or erythema in more severe cases?
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A healthy 8-year-old boy presents with several skin-colored, round 1-3 mm papules on the nose, forehead, and cheeks
- Author:
- Catalina Matiz, MD
What rare, benign, adnexal skin tumors can start in early childhood or during puberty, appearing as skin color...
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What is your diagnosis?
- Author:
- Catalina Matiz, MD
What presents as an inflammatory skin condition triggered by cold exposure, and histologically is associated with perieccrine involvement?
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A 7-year-old male with a history of Crohn's disease presents with 6 months of asymptomatic, bumpy lesions on the torso and extremities.
- Author:
- Catalina Matiz, MD
What dermatologic condition involves hyperkeratotic spiny papules forming plaques?
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A 4-year-old boy is brought to our pediatric dermatology clinic by his mother with the concern of difficult to treat toenail fungus.
- Author:
- Catalina Matiz, MD
What underrecognized nail disorder often is confused with onychomycosis?
Opinion
What is the Diagnosis - September 2018
- Author:
- Catalina Matiz, MD
What presents with small blisters that enlarge to 1-5 cm, rupturing to leave an erythematous plaque with a...
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What is your diagnosis?
- Author:
- Catalina Matiz, MD
What kind of hypersensitivity reaction causes panniculitis most commonly on the shins, but sometimes on the arms...