Practice Management
The patient, a 6-year-old boy, presented to a pediatric urgent care center for a well-child visit. In the exam room, the father pointed out a red lesion on the helical rim of the patient’s ear. The papule was smooth and well-defined and didn’t seem to bother the boy. The father reports that he and the boy’s mother have grown concerned as they’ve noticed it develop over several months. View the image and consider what your …
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A healthy, full-term baby girl was born to a healthy mother who had adequate prenatal care and no signs of infectious diseases. Three days after birth, the baby developed multiple 1-mm pale-yellow to yellow pustules within a large inflammatory wheal on her cheek. Several hours later, the rash starts to resolve. View the image taken (Figure 1) and consider what your diagnosis would be.
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A new mother is concerned because her baby boy was born with scattered pustules on his neck. The baby is full term and was born to a mother who had adequate prenatal care and no evidence of sexually transmitted infections. View the image taken (Figure 1) and consider what your diagnosis would be.
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The patient, a 67-year-old African American male, developed two asymptomatic lesions on his thigh 4 months before his visit to the urgent care center. The lesions had faded and recurred twice during the interval from when they first started until his visit. The lesions recurred at the exact location each time. The patient had a past medical history significant for hypertension, asthma, and osteoarthritis. His medications included captopril, propranolol, and albuterol. He used naproxen as …
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A 42-year-old man complained of new lesions following a business trip. He noticed that the lesions all appeared in the morning, just before he returned from his trip. The lesions itched. On exam there were multiple round, red, minimally elevated papules, all of a uniform shape. View the image taken (Figure 1) and consider what your diagnosis would be.
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