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- A reticular eruption on the thighs
During cold winter weather, the patient had been wearing an electric heating pad between the thighs.
- vOka vaccine-associated disseminated varicella zoster
The patient had received the live attenuated vaccine 1 month before presentation. He had no history of varicella infection.
- Cutaneous metastasis from gastric carcinoma
The patient presented with asymptomatic nodules and alopecia of the scalp 3 years after treatment for gastric adenocarcinoma.
- Petaloid dermatosis affecting the scalp and genitalia
The patient had seen no improvement with a 2-week course of terbinafine cream.
- Persistent rectal pain leading to diffuse pustules
The authors relate the workup of a 34-year-old patient with a history of syphilis and human immunodeficiency virus.
- ‘Kissing tonsils’ and splenic infarction from infectious mononucleosis
A 36-year-old male presented with severe pain in the left upper quadrant after 10 days of cough, sore throat, and fever.
- Asymptomatic oral plaques and erosion
A 45-year-old man presented with a 4-week history of plaques and erosion on the left buccal mucosa and lower lip.
- Eruption of erythema after dieting
During the past 4 weeks, the patient had been increasing his exercise and was on a strict diet for bodybuilding
- Finger nodules: Tip of the gouty iceberg
Recurrent, dramatic flares are the cardinal symptom of gouty disease, but some patients exhibit tophi on physical examination or imaging—without flares or pain.