Leishmaniasis, cutaneous: about 8 weeks old, furuncoloid, moderately pressure dolent, red, rough lump with extensive central ulceration; history of previous vacation in Egypt; no systemic complaints.
type I neurofibromatosis, peripheral type or classic cutaneous form. numerous smaller and larger soft papules and nodules. no so-called café-au-lait spots. left brood region of little conspicuous nevus anämicus (see subsequent figure). several capillary angiomas.
Kaposi's sarcoma: Multiple, chronically stationary, asymptomatic, non-painful, bluish-violet colored spots, plaques and flatter nodes on the back of the tongue.
Differential diagnosis of Prurigo nodularis: Lichen planus verrucosus: Isolated and aggregated, massively itchy, scratched papules and nodules in the area of the lower leg (resistance to therapy; progression over years).
Angiokeratoma circumscriptum: vascular malformation existing since birth, which has become increasingly prominent in recent years; apart from slight accidental bleeding, no symptoms.
An asymptomatic lump on the abdomen of a 65-year-old woman, which had existed for years, was excised with histological examination, which resulted in the diagnosis of a pink tumor.
Multiple seborrhoeic keratoses in different stages of development. 2.0 cm in diameter in the centre, dark brown seborrhoeic keratosis. Characteristic is the punched surface.
Carcinoma, verrucous. Chronically stationary, slightly increasing in the last 10 years, coarse plaque with dry, dirty yellow or brownish, torn, rough, crusty fissured, verrucous surface.
Penis carcinoma: plate-like , rough infiltration of the glans penis with extensive fibrin-covered ulceration of the surface, lymphedema of the prepuce in paraphimosis.
Merkel cell carcinoma: Solitary, fast growing, asymptomatic, red, firm, shifting, smooth lump with atrophic surface; the appearance in the area of UV-exposed areas is characteristic.
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