Squamous cell carcinoma in actinic pre-damaged scalp:Continuously growing keratoacanthoma of the scalp, existingfor about 7months, with a smooth surface and a broad base; multiple actinic keratoses.
Tinea capitis profunda: Inflammatory, moderately itchy, slightly painful, fluctuating nodule in the area of the capillitium in children with extensive loss of hair.
Squamous cell carcinoma of the skin: 1.5 cm large, spherical, red node (tumor) with ulcerated surface and hemorrhagic crust on the forehead of a 67-year-old female patient.
Squamous cell carcinoma in actinically damaged skin; for more than 1 year, slowly growing, bowl-shaped, very firm, little pain-sensitive, ulcerated lump, which (at the time of examination) was no longer movable on its base.
Basal cell carcinoma, nodular: Development of a basal cell carcinoma on a (congenital) sebaceous nevus. The carcinomatous transformation took place chronically insidiously without any symptoms. Only a recurring crust formation with intermediate weeping led to the pioneering biopsy.
Carcinoma cutanes:advanced, flat ulcerated exophytic squamous cell carcinoma with massive actinic damage. 82-year-old man with androgenetic alopecia. Pronounced spring carcinoma.
Alopecia, scarring. 2 years of rapidly progressing, very extensive, diffuse, scarring (no follicular structures detectable in the alopecic foci even with magnifying glass enlargement) hair loss in severely reddened scalp in a 73-year-old patient with Sézary syndrome. The patient previously had only slight alopecia androgenetica (stage II).
lupus erythematodes chronicus discoides. alopecia existing for 4 years. multiple, smaller and larger alopecic foci, with centrifugal expansion. in the center larger hairless, scarred area (no evidence of follicular structures). the patient complains of a temporary hyperesthesia of the affected areas. encircles a still active zone of CDLE.
Lymphoma, cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, large-cell, CD30-positive. general view: Multiple, chronically dynamic, increasing, non-displacing, confluent, covering a total area of 6 x 6 cm, hemispherical nodules with hard, central, red part and deep, crater-shaped ulceration in a 64-year-old patient.
Pemphigus vulgaris: 63-year-old patient with a pemphigus vulgaris (mucocutaneous type) that has existed for 3 years; extensive painful erosions of the capillitium.
Multiple, 0.5-2.0 cm large, skin-coloured or light red, bulging, protuberant papules and nodules with smooth, shiny surface, partly interspersed with telangiectasia.
Dyskeratosis follicularis: 74-year-old woman. large , hyperkeratotic zones with reddish, partly macerated papules and firmly adhering, partly eroded, confluent keratoses on the capillitium and in the facial area preauricularly, existing since early childhood. the patient has a somewhat neglected appearance. the skin lesions have a foetal odour. the lesions increase with sweating or heat, especially in the warm season.
Dyskeratosis follicularis: Infestation of the palms of the hands; in central areas of the palm flat, common keratoses, at the ball of the thumb about 0.1-0.2 cm large, glassy papules.
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