Dermatology Quiz

A toddler with recurrent itchy nodules on the legs

Date Posted: 11/12/2015
Fig. Itchy nodules.
Figure. Erythematous nodules on the child’s legs.

A 15-month-old boy presents with recurrent itchy lesions on his legs.

What is the correct diagnosis and how should these lesions be managed?

A severe blistering eruption in an elderly patient

Date Posted: 13/11/2015
Blistering eruption.
Figure 1. The patient’s erythematous eruption with bullae.

A 75-year-old man presents with a severe blistering eruption on his ankle and foot.

What is the correct diagnosis?

An erythematous and itchy rash in a child

Date Posted: 09/10/2015
Rash.
Figure 1. The rash on the patient’s chest.

A 10-year-old girl presents with an itchy rash on her chest.

What is the correct diagnosis?

A red bleeding nodule of sudden onset

Date Posted: 04/09/2015
Figure 1. The red nodule on the patient’s forehead at presentation.

An 18-month-old girl presented with a red nodule of sudden onset on her forehead.

What is the diagnosis and how should this lesion be managed?

A young boy with a painful oral ulcer

Date Posted: 14/08/2015
Fig. Mouth ulcer.
Figure 1. The patient’s large oral ulcer.

A 6-year-old boy presents with a large oral ulcer that developed three days ago.

What is the correct diagnosis?

A nonhealing lesion on the lower leg

Date Posted: 10/07/2015
Fig 1. Nonhealing lesion.
Figure 1. The ulcerated, erythematous and slightly swollen lesion.

An 80-year-old woman presents with a painful, swollen and eroded lesion on her leg.

How should she be treated?

White atrophic skin on the lower legs

Date Posted: 12/06/2015
Fig. Atrophic skin.
Figure. The atrophic skin on the patient’s lower leg and ankle.

A 53-year-old woman presents with an area of white atrophic skin on her lower legs and ankles.

What is the correct diagnosis?

A baby with a yellow-red lesion on the back

Date Posted: 07/05/2015
Fig 1. Plaque
Figure 1. The yellow-red plaque on the back.

A 9-month-old girl presents with a raised yellow-red lesion on her back.

What is this lesion?

Painful eroded blisters on the hands

Date Posted: 02/04/2015
Fig 1. Hand lesions.
Figure 1. The nodular and ulcerated lesions with a purulent base.

 An 80-year-old woman presents with painful eroded blisters on her hands.

What is the correct diagnosis?

A scaly brown rash on the lower legs

Date Posted: 06/03/2015
Fig 1. Scaly brown rash.
Figure 1. The scaly brown rash on the patient’s lower legs.

A 45-year-old man presents with a scaly brown rash on his lower legs.

What is the diagnosis and how should this patient be managed?

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