Psoriasis vulgaris. 52-year-old patient with known psoriasis, which has been increasingly affecting the entire integument for four months. universal redness (with little induration) and scaling of the skin. erythrodermal findings.
Balanitis plasmacellularis: chronic balanitis in a 67 year old patient. no other skin diseases known. no diabetes mellitus. slight phimosis of the foreskin. slight urinary incontinence. 2 sharply defined, slightly raised red plaques. no significant symptoms.
Erythema induratum (Nodular vasculitis): The 48-year-old patient has been suffering for 2 years from these intermittent, moderately painful, therapy-resistant plaques which tend to ulceration.
Chronic stationary, 2.5 cm large, sharply defined, clearly elevated, itchy, red, rough, scaly plaque and small rhagades on the right nipple of a 45-year-old atopic woman, persisting for 2-3 months.
Erythema multiforme: suddenly occurring, itchy, disseminated exanthema with cocard-like plaques, which has been present for a few days; the skin lesions appeared shortly after starting antibiotic therapy for urinary tract infection.
Squamous cell carcinoma of the skin: slowly growing for 6 months, sliding on the surface, 2.0 cm in diameter, hard, painless, bowl-shaped nodule with a hard ulcerated centre in the orbital region; no regional lymph node swelling.
Drug exanthema, maculo-papular. multiple, acutely occurring, generalized, very itchy, mainly on the trunk and extremities localized, mostly confluent, smooth papules and plaques in a 31-year-old woman. Occurrence after ingestion of acetylsalicylic acid.
EndemicKaposi 's sarcoma Multiple, chronically stationary, since 2 years imperceptibly growing, 1.0-4.0 cm large, firm, indolent, blue-black, smooth nodules on unchanged skin in the area of the lower leg in an elderly patient.
Erythrodermic psoriasis: erythrodermia that has existed for several months in previously known psoriasis. universal redness with coarse lamellar scaling. the clinical picture of erythrodermia is not "diagnosis-defining". erythrodermia can occur as a maximal variant of several clinical pictures.
Atopic dermatitis (nummular atopic dermatitis):persistingsincethe 1st month of life in a now 22 months old boy. since 4 weeks sudden exacerbation with severe itching. generalized clinical picture with red, scaly and weeping plaques up to 10 cm in diameter. red papules of 0.1-0.3 cm in size disseminated in the apparently free skin areas (see right forearm and face).
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