Leprosy. leprosy lepromatosa (-LL-) with large, discreet, somewhat borderline plaque on the cheek and neck. clearly protruding and palpable nerve cord as a sign of lepromatous neuritis.
Light dermatosis, polymorphic. general view: Multiple, itchy, highly red papules, partly confluent to plaques, partly exudative vesiculously, partly cocardially at the décolleté in a 46-year-old man.
Light dermatosis, polymorphic. detail enlargement: multiple, itchy, highly red papules, partly confluent to plaques, partly exudative vesiculously, partly cocardially in the neck in a 46-year-old man.
Lipomatosis, benign symmetrical-type I. 66 years old, formerly completely slim patient. development of lipomatosis for about 20 years, first in the neck later in the entire neck area. clinic: diffuse at the neck rather rough elastic at the neck soft elastic lipomatosis with distinct mechanical movement restriction of the head joints, stress dyspnea. extensive facial erythema with telangiectasia. functional livedo on both legs.
Naevus sebaceus: Already at birth a completely symptomless, bizarrely configured, slightly red, waxy, always hairless spot or a corresponding plaque appeared in the neck area. The surface is slightly verrucous and irritated by excoriation. Since childhood surface growth analogous to body growth.
type I neurofibromatosis, peripheral type or classic cutaneous form. since puberty slowly increasing, soft, 0.2-0.8 cm large, skin-coloured or slightly brownish, painless, flat or hemispherical papules and nodules in a 42-year-old patient. the bell-button phenomenon can be triggered (the papules can be pressed into the skin under pressure). café-au-lait spots up to 7 cm in diameter also appear on the trunk.
Papillomatosis confluens et reticularis. confluent, brownish hyperpigmented papules in the neck region of a 31-year-old patient, existing for several years, blurred, flatly elevated, consistency-multiplied papules. velvety sensation on palpation. histologically there is acanthosis with distinct papillomatosis and strong plexus-like orthohyperkeratosis. PAS staining negative.
Pseudoxanthoma elasticum. multiple, chronically stationary, long-standing, netted and striped, slightly raised, yellowish papules. distortion of the skin texture in the relaxed neck area
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