Dermatology Quiz

A woman with orange-coloured palms

Date Posted: 26/05/2014
Figure. The patient’s orange-coloured palms, shown next to one of her daughter’s palms.

A 62-year-old woman with osteoarthritis presents with orange-coloured palms.

What is the cause of this skin discolouration?

Linear lesions on a teenager’s back

Date Posted: 01/05/2014
Fig. Linear lesions
Figure. Asymptomatic linear lesions on the patient’s back.

A 14-year-old boy presented with several asymptomatic linear lesions on his back.

What is their cause and do they require treatment?

A reticulate eruption on a woman’s back

Date Posted: 17/04/2014
Fig. Eruption on back
Figure. The asymptomatic eruption at presentation.

A 52-year-old woman presents with an asymptomatic reticulate eruption on her lower back.

What is the diagnosis?

Widespread rash in a 6-year-old boy

Date Posted: 24/03/2014
Fig 1. Rash
Figure 1. The rash on the patient’s trunk at presentation.

A 6-year-old boy presents with a widespread rash of sudden onset.

What is the diagnosis of this persistent eruption?

A persistent ulcer on the leg

Date Posted: 07/03/2014
Fig 1. Leg ulcer
Figure 1. The persistent painless ulcer on the leg, shown here at 12 months’ duration.

A 42-year-old man presents with a large persistent ulcer on the leg.

What has caused this lesion?

A linear lesion on a girl’s leg

Date Posted: 14/02/2014
Fig 1. Linear lesion
Figure. The linear lesion on the girl’s leg.

An 8-year-old girl presents with an asymptomatic linear lesion on her thigh.

What is the most likely diagnosis of this lesion?

A red nodule on the finger

Date Posted: 17/01/2014
Fig 1. Red nodule
Figure 1. The red nodule on the patient’s finger.

A healthy 54-year-old man presents with a red nodule on his index finger.

What is your diagnosis and how would you manage this lesion?

Hyperpigmented and superficially eroded rash

Date Posted: 20/12/2013
Fig 1a. Irritated rash
Figures 1a and b. The patient’s mildly irritated rash, shown here affecting the cubital fossa (a, above) and neck (b, below).

An 8-year-old boy presents with a two-week history of a mildly irritable rash on the cubital fossae, popliteal fossae and neck.

What is the cause of the rash in this child, who has a history of atopic dermatitis?

Alopecia in a 12-year-old girl

Date Posted: 29/11/2013
Fig 1. Alopecia
Figure. The rapidly expanding area of alopecia on the patient’s scalp. The raw area shows where there has been an attempt to insert a drain.

A 12-year-old girl presents with a rapidly expanding area of alopecia on her scalp.

What is the correct diagnosis and how should she be managed?

Asymptomatic facial rash in a boy

Date Posted: 08/11/2013
Figure 1. The patient’s facial rash at presentation.

An 8-year-old boy presents with an asymptomatic but unsightly facial rash.

What is the diagnosis and how should the rash be managed?

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