Prurigo simplex acuta infantum: For several days massive progressive, disseminated, agonizingly itching, generalized, excoriated, glassy or reddish papules on the thighs of a 6-year-old boy.
Leprosy lepromatosa: stiffening of the fingers in a claw-like position. closure of the fist no longer possible. atrophy of the interosseous musculature (see following figure).
nevus lipomatodes cutaneus superficialis. solitary, sponge-like soft, to the side well delimitable, broad-based, lobed, nodular elevation above an old scar after partial excision on the flank of a 25-year-old man. the lesion already existed at birth, appeared slowly during the first years of life and has a clearly elevated character since puberty. an area growth occurred only due to the increasing body growth. 5 years ago first surgery of about 2/3 of the lesion.
Scleroderma, circumscribed. untreated, ligamentous, circumscribed scleroderma with extreme atrophy of the skin, subcutaneous fatty tissue and muscles, joint contractures
Dry keratotic plaque type Chronically active, intermittent plaques, which have existed for more than 20 years, especially on the palm of the hand, multiple, rough, partly reddish, scaly, blurred spots, plaques and rhagades in a 54-year-old man.
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