lupus erythematodes tumidus: chronic, relapsing disease pattern that has been active for months, completely without symptoms; succulent, surface-smooth, red plaques. high sensitivity to light. no hyperesthesia. ANA: negative; DIF: uncharacteristic. good response to antimalarial therapy.
Eczema atopic photoaggravated: 72-year-old female patient with a known, less active, chronic atopic eczema. 1 year ago the patient noticed an increasing "sensitivity to light". The present UV-triggered exacerbation with pronounced itching (after a somewhat longer walk in summer sunshine) has persisted for 3 months. Despite local treatment with a class II steroidal extender it proved to be resistant to therapy.
Haemangioma of the infant; general view of the head from the right-lateral side: At the back of the head, up to the preauricular and into the neck reaching, flat, superficial haemangioma in a 6 weeks old girl.
Eczema atopic photoaggravated: 72-year-old female patient with a known, less active, chronic atopic eczema. 1 year ago the patient noticed an increasing "sensitivity to light". The present UV-triggered exacerbation with pronounced itching (after a long walk in summer sunshine) has persisted for 3 months. Despite local treatment with a class II steroid externum it proved to be resistant to therapy.
Eczema atopic (overview): severe atopic eczema existing for years, mainly flexural in adolescence, generalized for 2 years now. massive constant itching, intensified after sweating. numerous scratch marks.
Lupus erythematosus (overview): non-scarring, chronic lupus erythematosus of the skin (Lupus erythemadoes tumidus) with variable, indolent plaques and nodules; no sign of systemic lupus erythematosus.
Dyskeratosis follicularis: disseminated, chronically stationary, 0.1-0.2 cm in size, flatly elevated, moderately firm, non-itching, rough, red, scaly papules which unite at the top to form a blurred plaque; skin lesions have existed in varying degrees in this 53-year-old patient for several years.
Lupus erythematosus, subacute-cutaneous. Within a few months developing, light-emphasized exanthema with multi-forms and large plaques. No feeling of illness. High titre SSA-Ac.
Eczema, atopic: disseminated clinical picture with chronically stationary, blurred, itchy and painful, rough plaques, here infestation of the neck region.
Contact dermatitis allergic: Acute, itchy, sharply defined, clearly infiltrated red plaque on the face and neck as well as multiple, partly confluent vesicles in the décolleté area in a 43-year-old female patient after application of a skin care cream.
Airborne Contact Dermatitis: Retroauricular infection: This pattern distinguishes ACD from photoallergic eczema, where the "shadow area of the auricle" remains free.
Lupus erythematodes tumidus: Plaques existing for 3 months, localized on the back and face, irregularly distributed, sharply defined, 0.2-3.0 cm in size, flatly raised, clearly increased in consistency, slightly sensitive, red, smooth plaques; no significant scaling.
Lupus erythematosus, subacute-cutaneous. general view: multiple, solitary or confluent, small to large foci, sharply defined, partly homogeneous circular, partly also anular and gyrated, plaques with scales and crusts, trunk and extremities. 68-year-old female patient.
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