Pyoderma gangraenosum. Continuously progressive, multiple, small, very pressure-painful, smeary-coated ulcers on the left lateral margin of the foot and two sides of the toes in a 71-year-old female patient with a plasmocytoma. The periulcerous surroundings show bluish-brownish streaks.
Ulcus cruris arteriosum: chronic, slowly progressive, painful, deep, sharp-edged ulcer located in the area of the lower leg clitoris, measuring approx. 5.5 x 3.5 cm. The periulcerous area is reddened and overheated. The patient suffers from a PAVK of the multi-level type and has been a heavy cigarette smoker for 30 years.
Behçet syndrome. large ulcerations on both sides of the introitus vaginae. Fig. takenfrom: Eiko E. Petersen, Colour Atlas of Vulva Diseases. with permission of Kaymogyn GmbH Freiburg.
Thrombangiitis obliterans. 32-year-old patient with years of nicotine abuse and patchy palmar erythema (more pronounced in cool surroundings) and mummified fingertip necroses that have been present for 6 months.
pyodermic ulcer of the skin: moderately deep, large ulcer; characteristic are the circulatory (as if grazed) borders. ulcer smearily documented. cultural evidence of klebsielles and pseudomonas aeruginosa. the cause is a care error; no known underlying disease.
Dorsal cyst, mucoid: painless, approximately 1.0 cm large, skin-coloured, plumply elastic, surface-smooth "nodule" (cyst) which has existed for about 1 year and from which a gelatinous substance has emptied itself (crust-covered part) under pressure, whereby the whole nodule has disappeared.
Livedo racemosa: irregular, bizarre, not closed circular segments (ankle region), as pioneering morphological indicators for livedo racemosa; for several months now therapy-resistant, schematic deep ulcers.
Recurrent perianal dermatitis and vulvitis caused by A-streptococci. 36 year old patient.Fig. from Eiko E. Petersen, Colour Atlas of Vulva Diseases. With the prior approval of Kaymogyn GmbH Freiburg.
Pemphigus vulgaris. multiple, chronic, since 3 years intermittent, symmetric, trunk-accentuated, easily injured, flaccid, 0.2-3.0 cm large, red blisters confluent to larger, weeping and crusty areas. infestation of the oral mucosa.
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