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A Photo Quiz to Hone Dermatologic Skills 

Case 4: Should this eruption prompt a search for other lesions?

By DAVID L. KAPLAN, MD—Series Editor
University of Missouri Kansas City, University of Kansas | July 6, 2009
Dr Kaplan is clinical assistant professor of dermatology at the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine and at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. He practices adult and pediatric dermatology in Overland Park, Kan.

For a few months, a 51-year-old woman has had an asymptomatic rash on her proximal thighs. She claims to have no other rashes and denies any exposure history.

(MORE: Case 3: What clue in the history points to the cause of this rash?)

What are you looking at here?

A. Tinea corporis.
B. Erythema multiforme.
C. Lichen planus.
D. Erythema annulare centrifugum.
E. Nummular eczema.

Bonus question: Is there any diagnostic procedure you would perform?

Double bonus question: What other part of the body would you check
and why?

(answers on next page)

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by Pravin Shah | June 03, 2010 1:28 PM EDT

A. Tinea corporis.
check hands and feet webs and creases cleft

by carol ann hutchinson | June 03, 2010 10:24 AM EDT

answer c check trunk

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Case 1: Is this long-standing oral lesion malignant?

Case 2: How would you treat this pruritic eruption that resists topical corticosteroids?

Case 3: What clue in the history points to the cause of this rash?

Case 4: Should this eruption prompt a search for other lesions?






 
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