Nektarios Lountzis, MD

Protuberant, Pink, Irritated Growth on the Buttocks

A 25-year-old woman presented with an irritated growth on the left buttock of 6 months’ duration. The lesion had grown slowly over time and became...

Author:: Shane M. Swink, DO, MS; Naeha Gupta, DO; Haider Asad, MD; Claire Dorfman, DO; Nektarios Lountzis, MD

A 40-year-old woman presented with a progressive painful rash on the ears and legs of 2 weeks’ duration. She described the rash as initially red...

Author:: Stephen Hemperly, DO; Nektarios Lountzis, MD; Stephen M. Purcell, DO

Lymphomatoid papulosis is an indolent cutaneous lymphoma; however, it is associated with the potential development of a second hematologic...

Author:: Stephen Hemperly, DO; Richard McClain, MD; Nektarios Lountzis, MD; Stephen M. Purcell, DO

Scalp arteriovenous fistulas may be traumatic or spontaneous and present as either an innocuous-looking scalp nodule or as a progressively...

Author:: Claire O. Dorfman, DO; Nektarios Lountzis, MD; Tanya Ermolovich, DO

A 38-year-old woman presented with an asymptomatic lesion on the abdomen. On physical examination, there was a 5×2-mm, solitary, ill-defined pink...

One-third of relapsing polychondritis (RP) patients have coexisting autoimmune disease. Dermatologists must be aware of the potential for...

Author:: Claire O. Dorfman, DO; Christian W. Oram, DO; Nektarios Lountzis, MD

Lichen nitidus clinically presents as multiple shiny, pinhead-sized, flesh-colored, dome-shaped papules typically involving the genitalia, upper...