Dermatology Cases-of-the-Month

On-going Medical Education

Each month, Charles Crutchfield III, M.D. presents a dermatology issue that he has personally diagnosed and treated. You have the opportunity to review the case, and see if your diagnosis is correct.

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Alphabetical Case-of-the-Month Skin Conditions

Acanthosis nigricans
Acanthoma fissuratum
Accessory Nipple
(also called supernumerary nipples, polythelia, SN, polymastia, extra nipples)
Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis (AGEP)
Acquired bilateral nevus of Ota, also known as Hori’s nevus
Acquired digital fibrokeratoma
Allergic contact dermatitis to p-Phenylenediamine
Allergic Contact Dermatitis form Acrylate glue (from artificial fingernails)
Allergy to tattoo ink pigment
Allergic reaction to the red component of the tattoo ink
Red (mercury/cinnabar) is the most common allergen in professional tattoo inks
Annular Erythema of Infancy
Atrophic changes of the mouth that occur with wisdom, maturity and good deeds
(and also time, genetics and sun exposure)

Basal Cell Carcinoma
Bateman's purpura
Beau's lines
Benign Cephlad Pustulosis (neonatal acne)
Biopsied
Bullosis Diabeticorum

Carcinoma Erysipelatoides
Candida-chelitis
Cell Phone Dermatitis
(allergic contact dermatitis from nickel components in cell phones)
Chilblains
Chloracne
Congenital Hypertrichosis Lanuginosa
Contact Dermatitis
Cutis Marmorata (a.k.a Livedo Reticularis)

Deliberate Self Harm Syndrome, (Cutters)
Dermatomyositis
Dermatosis Papulosa Nigra

Dupilumab (Dupixent) associated conjunctivitis

Eczema Herpeticum
(also known as Kaposi's varicelliform eruption)
Efudex (5-fluorouracil) irritant reaction for the treatment of Actinic Keratoses
Erythema Ab Igne
(Exogenous) Ochronosis


Fordyce's spots
Fibrofilliculomas

Garrod’s knuckle pads: (Dupuytren’s nodular sub-type)
Geographic Tongue
Gianotti-Crosti Syndrome
Glomus Tumor
Glomus tumor (Also known as a ‘glomangioma’)
Granular Parakeratosis
Granuloma Annulare
Graphite Tattoo (pencil lead tattoo)

Herpes simplex
"Hot tub (Pseudomonas) Folliculitis"
Human Botfly (Myiasis)
Heck's disease (also known as focal epithelial hyperplasia)
Hypertrichosis lanuginosa acquisita

Idiopathic Guttate Hypomelanosis
Impetigo
(Intertriginous) Granular Parakeratosis
Inflammatory nodulocystic acne

Keratoderma Climactericum

"LapTop" Erythema Ab Igne
Laugier-Hunziker Syndrome
Lentigo Maligna
Leishmaniasis Braziliensis
Leopard Syndrome
Leukemia Cutis (chronic lymphocytic leukemia)
Leukonychia Punctata
Lichen Planus
Lichenoid drug eruption
Lichen striatus
Lingqua Plicata
Lip Licking Dermatitis
Lipedema
Liquid Facelift
Livedo Reticularis (a.k.a Cutis Marmorata)
Localized Pustular Psoriasis of the palms and soles

Median nail dystrophy
Median Raphe Cyst
Metastatic Melanoma
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) Bullous Impetigo
Mongolian Spot(s) (patch)
MRSA infection

Neonatal Cepahalic Pustulosis (aka: neonatal acne, infantile acne)
Nickel Allergy
Notalgia Paresthetica

Onycholysis
Ossifying fibromyxiod tumor

Papilloma viral infection
Perlèche.
Piezogenic Pedal Papules
Perlèche, also known as angular cheilitis presents with erythema and fissuring of the oral commissures
Phytophotodermatitis
Pilonidal cyst
Pityriasis Alba
Plicated tongue
Poikeloderma of Civatte
Poison ivy dermatitis
Polydactyly (or Extra Digits)
Pretibial Myxedema
Pruritic and Urticarial Papules and Plaques of Pregnancy, commonly referred to as "PUPPP"
Pseudocyst of the Auricle (Pseudocyst of the Ear)
Pyogenic Granuloma

Rosacea

Scrotal Tongue
Sebaceous hyperplasia
Sea bather’s Eruption (rash)
Secondary Syphilis
Schamberg’s disease
Sister Mary Joseph's nodule
Squamus Cell Carcinoma
Streeter Dysplasia
Steroid acne
Subconjunctival Hemorrhage
Sunburn
Sunburn
Swimmer's Itch
Swimmer’s Itch

Tinea Corporis (commonly called 'Ringworm')
Tinea Faciei
Tinea Versicolor

Unilateral laterothoracic exanthema
Urticaria

Wood Tick