PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM
PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 35-year-old woman with no significant medical history presented with a painful ulcer on the right pretibial area. It started as a small pustule that…
ARTERIAL ULCERATIONS
PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen An 82-year-old man with peripheral artery disease (PAD) was evaluated for a painful right foot. Over the past 3 weeks the patient began to have…
CALCIPHYLAXIS
PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 55-year-old woman with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), dependent on dialysis for 14 years, presented with multiple highly painful plaques on her abdomen and flank…
NECROBIOSIS LIPOIDICA AND DIABETIC DERMOPATHY
PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 40-year-old woman with a history of diabetes presents with red plaques on her shins (Figures 95-1 and 95-2). They are asymptomatic, though continue to…
NEUROPATHIC ULCERATION
PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 58-year-old overweight diabetic man presented with bloody drainage from a callous on the plantar aspect of the right first metatarsophalangeal joint (MPJ) for approximately…
ERYTHEMA AB IGNE
PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 47-year-old woman with chronic low back pain presents with a chief complaint of a persistent rash along her posterior trunk. The discoloration has slowly…
VENOUS STASIS ULCERATION
PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 60-year-old woman presents with a 3-month history of painful ulceration of her lower left leg. She has a history of congestive heart failure, diabetes,…
ERYTHROMELALGIA
PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 52-year-old woman with controlled hypothyroidism presented for symptoms of painful burning and discolored feet. She reported 1 to 2 years of progressive disabling lower…
IMMERSION FOOT SYNDROME
PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 43-year-old woman presented with severe pain, burning, and swelling of the feet. Her symptoms began 2 days prior after returning from a 7-day camping…
