Insect bite; superficial and deep, spot-like distributed, perivascularly oriented, predominantly lymphocytic infiltrate (mixed with a few eosinophilic granulocytes).
Ulcus cruris venosum. ecthyma-like, infected (Pseudomonas aeroginosa) ulcers with yellowish-greenish or brownish coatings in an immunocompromised, 78-year-old patient with CVI. severely inflamed wound edges. the development of the ulcers is initially due to stabbing reactions about 15 months ago. the sutures shown are residuals of the previously performed biopsies.
Striae cutis distensae. reddish (Striae rubrae), reddish (Striae rubrae), differently long and wide, jagged, parallel running, atrophic stripes with slightly sunken and thinned, transversely folded skin in a young man who showed rapid length growth in the last months.
lipoatrophy, localized after glucocorticosteroid injections. general view: 2.5 x 3.0 cm large, circular area with whitish atrophy of the skin and telangiectasia. significant loss of substance of subcutis and fatty tissue. the skin changes developed in the course of the last two years, after a single steroid injection into the left knee due to knee pain.
Necrobiosis lipoidica: Discrete finding with slightly hardened plaque and atrophic surface (parchment-like puckering of the skin surface in the centre).
venous leg ulcer. chronic, sharply defined ulcer in the region of the medial aspect of the right ankle. distinct flat tissue hardening of the surrounding area. picture of atrophie blanche in CVI. there is a broad hyperpigmented band on the back of the foot.
Bowen's disease with transition to Bowen's carcinoma: solitary, size-progressive plaque that has been present for several years, occasionally accompanied by itching, sharply and arc-shaped, border-emphasized plaque with increasing verrucous knot formation (white encircles the zone with the beginning invasive growth).
Psoriasis palmaris et plantaris (plaquet type): chronic stationary keratotic plaques on the soles of the feet and toes, in this case spreading to the backs of toes and feet.
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