Tinea pedum. general view: Persistent redness and scaling, partly with severe itching, in the area of the left foot in a 30-year-old female patient, which has not healed for about 13 years. sharply defined, marginal scaling erythema, pustular formation.
Perioral dermatitis: dermatitis that has persisted for months and is resistant to therapy. Intermittent local treatment with corticostroidexterna. No known rosacea.
Lichen simplex chronicus. approx. 3 x 5 cm large, itchy plaque with rough surface on the ventro-medial right lower leg of a 14-year-old female patient. In the surrounding area distinct scratch artefacts and also follicularly bound papules. In case of stress worsening; during stays at sea improvement of the findings.
Cumulatively toxic contact dermatitis due to excessive washing of the genital region. improvement after consequent application of a fatty ointment. Fig. takenfrom: Eiko E. Petersen, Colour Atlas of Vulva Diseases, with fresh approval of Kaymogyn GmbH Freiburg.
Psoriasis guttata. 0.1-2.0 cm in size, reddish, rough papules and plaques with fine-lamellar scaling on the trunk and extremities in a 24-year-old woman, acutely and de novo. This was preceded by a feverish streptococcal angina. After the first manifestations had healed, the psoriasis then developed into a chronic, intermittent course over many years.
erythema exsudativum multiforme. suddenly appeared, since 4 days existing, itchy, disseminated exanthema with cocard-like plaques. the skin changes appeared shortly after the beginning of antibiotic therapy for urinary tract infection. here the finding on the back of the hand. s. isomorphism (koebner phenomenon).
Scabies granulomatosa, highly itchy (especially at night), solitary papules and nodules on the lower back and buttocks of an 85-year-old female patient.
erythema induratum. solitary, chronically stationary, 4.0 x 3.0 cm in size, only imperceptibly growing, firm, moderately painful, reddish-brown, flatly raised, rough, scaly nodules with a deep-seated part (iceberg phenomenon). intermediate painful ulcer formation (Fig). no evidence of mycobacteriosis.
Candidosis intertriginous: 75-year-old woman. for nearly 2 weeks red plaque isolated only in the left axilla. distinct itching. notice the marginal satellite nodules. occasionally small pustules.
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