Tinea pedum, detail enlargement: Sharply defined, marginal scaly erythema, pustular formation, scaly seam along the edge of the foot and multiple scratch excoriations, some of which are crusty.
For a long time, this coarse lamellar scaling, slightly increased in consistency, large-area, hardly itchy plaque has existed in the 50-year-old patient.
Cheilitis actinica chronica: Atrophically changed skin of the lips, recognizable by the veil-like white coloration of the red of the lips (s.v.a. lower lip) with small, firmly adherent keratoses and rhagades in a 74-year-old patient with chronic actinic cheilitis.
Kaposi's sarcoma epidemic (overview): HIV-associated Kaposi's sarcoma with disseminated, bizarrely configured, reddish-brown plaques, sometimes in a striped arrangement.
Larva migrans. general view: Acutely occurring, itchy, dynamically increasing, linear, firm, livid red plaque on the right back of the foot, existing since 3 weeks, after a beach holiday in Thailand.
Sézary Syndrome: universal redness with small-focus recesses. small spotted scaling. massive itching, pain at times. here detailed picture of the right arm
Melanoma, malignant, superficially spreading, since 2 years existing, slowly progressing in size, pectoralized on the right side, measuring 1.7 x 1.3 cm, inhomogeneously pigmented, sharply but irregularly limited, black-greyish to bluish plaque.
lupus erythematosus acute-cutaneous: clinical picture known for several years, occurring within 14 days, at the time of admission still with intermittent course. anular pattern. in the current intermittent phase fatigue and exhaustion. ANA 1:160; anti-Ro/SSA antibodies positive. DIF: LE - typical.
basal cell carcinoma superficial. eczema-like aspect. only in the marginal area a smooth shiny seam can be detected when enlarged. this seam is the diagnostic "signal" of the superficial basal cell carcinoma and can be "emphasized" by stretching the surrounding skin.
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