Erysipelas acute: acutely occurring, for 4 days, increasing, smooth, planar, sharply defined, pillow-like raised, flaming red swelling of the cheeks and the left eye in a 56-year-old man; marked impairment of the general condition with sensation of heat in the cheeks.
Dermatomyositis, malignoma-associated. individual erythema periorbital (here additionally edematous), perinasal and at the scalp in a 67-year-old patient with bronchial carcinoma.
Granuloma eosinophilicum faciei: Very discreet, symptom-free, flat plaque that has existed at this site for 0.5 years. 42 years of otherwise healthy male.
lupus erythematodes chronicus discoides: 18-year-old otherwise healthy patient. skin lesions since 12 months, gradually increasing, no photosensitivity. disseminated, chronic, touch-sensitive, red , differently sized plaques with rather discrete scaling. histology and DIF are typical for erythematodes. no positive ANA and ENA.
Cryptococcosis of the skin: Crusty plaque of approx. 3 x 3 cm in size surroundedby a reddish, slightly raised rim in the middle of the forehead of a 37-year-old HIV-infected person (not set to HAART at the time of presentation).
Lymphomatoid papulosis: Previous recurrent clinical picture in a 34-year-old female patient. Rapid, painless formation of a flat, surface-smooth papule, which developed within 3 weeks into a 2.0 cm large lump, which healed scarred within 3 months after extensive ulceration.
Folliculitis (superficial folliculitis): 33-year-old man; recurrent, single inflammatory follicular papules on the lips, nose and forehead; heals after 10-14 days without scarring.
Ulerythema ophryogenes. scarring keratosis follicularis of the face with infestation of the eyebrows and cheeks of the child. primarily noticeable is the permanent (not itchy) extensive redness, which is sharply marked in the eyebrow area, but less in the cheek area. the patients do not perceive the process as a disease process but as cosmetically disturbing.
Leprosy lepromatosa: advanced findings with numerous, almost symmetrically distributed, asymptomatic papules and nodules, no accompanying inflammatory reaction.
Lupus erythematosus acute-cutaneous: symmetric red spots, patches and plaques on the face, neck and upper trunk, existing for several weeks; lateral image.
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