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 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | basal_cell_carcinoma_1_060728 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL | Category: | neoplasm, epidermal | ||
| Body Site: | nose | Age: | 57 years | ||
| Contributor: | Franco Fulciniti, MD, PhD | ||||
| Description: | 1.5 cm pink nodule with peripheral crusting and central erosion | ||||
| Comments: | This 57-year-old woman had a 2 year history of a nodule on the nose. Initially the lesion was slow growing, but over the last 2-3 months it grew more quicklyand crusting developed at the periphery. The tumor was excised successfully. | ||||
 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | squamous_carcinoma_ limbal_conjunctiva_1_060607 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL | Category: | mucous membrane disorders / neoplasm, malignant | ||
| Body Site: | eye / limbus conjunctiva, bulbar | Age: | 82 years | ||
| Contributor: | Franco Fulciniti, MD, PhD | ||||
| Description: | unilateral pink plaque | ||||
| Comments: | This 82-year-old man complained of progressive loss of vision in the right eye for a year. Biopsy showed scquamous cell carcinoma arising the limbus. | ||||
| Related Images: | squamous_carcinoma_ limbal_conjunctiva_2_060607 | ||||
 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | squamous_carcinoma_ limbal_conjunctiva_2_060607 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL | Category: | mucous membrane disorders / neoplasm, malignant | ||
| Body Site: | eye / limbus conjunctiva, bulbar | Age: | 82 years | ||
| Contributor: | Franco Fulciniti, MD, PhD | ||||
| Description: | Papanicolaou smear shows isolated and grouped atypical squamous cells with hyperchromatic nuclei and abnormal cytoplasmic orangiophilia. | ||||
| Comments: | This smear was prepared by scraping the lesion on the limbus and shows changes consistent with a squamous cell carcinoma. This was confirmed with a biopsy. | ||||
| Related Images: | squamous_carcinoma_ limbal_conjunctiva_1_060607 | ||||
 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | Xeroderma_pigmentosum_1_060129 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | XERODERMA PIGMENTOSA | Category: | genodermatosis/genetic disorder / hyperpigmentation / photosensitivity, photoexacerbated | ||
| Body Site: | face | Age: | 54 years | ||
| Contributor: | Franco Fulciniti, MD, PhD | ||||
| Description: | widespread actinic changes with hyperpigmented and hypopigmented patches, scars (on the nose), and scaly papules and patches | ||||
| Comments: | This 54-year-old woman with a history of left breast quadrantectomy for intraductal carcinoma and multiple squamous cell carcinomas on the nose demonstrates extensive actinic changes with marked dyspigmentation. | ||||
 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | lichen_planus_1_051215 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | LICHEN PLANUS | Category: | papulosquamous eruptions / vesiculobullous eruptions | ||
| Body Site: | ankle / arm | Age: | 49 years | ||
| Contributor: | Franco Fulciniti, MD, PhD | ||||
| Description: | excoriated crusted confluent purple papules | ||||
| Comments: | This 49-year-old woman complained of an intensely pruritic eruption on her trunk and extremities. A skin biopsy showed changes of lichen planus. | ||||
 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | Metastatic_melanoma_1_050425 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | MELANOMA, NODULAR | Category: | neoplasm, metastatic | ||
| Body Site: | scalp / neck | Age: | 87 years | ||
| Contributor: | Franco Fulciniti, MD, PhD | ||||
| Description: | 87-y-o male with pigmented ulcerated nodular lesion of right frontal skin and right submandibular lymphadenopathy of three month duration.Fine needle aspiration biopsy was performed on the submandibular node with a cytologic diagnosis od metastatic pigmented melanoma. | ||||
| Comments: | An 87-year-old man developed a pigmented ulcerated nodule on the right side of the scalp and a right submandibular lymph node. Fine needle aspiration of the submandibular node demonstrated metastatic melanoma. | ||||
 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | Keratinous_cyst_neck_1_050418 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | CYST, EPIDERMOID / CYST | Category: | lumps & bumps (plaques, nodules, tumors) / infections and infestations | ||
| Body Site: | neck | Age: | 34 years | ||
| Contributor: | Franco Fulciniti, MD, PhD | ||||
| Description: | tender red subcutaneous 5 cm mass | ||||
| Comments: | This 34-year-old man developed a painful mass on the back of his neck. The lesion responded to warm compresses, incision and drainage, and oral antibiotics. | ||||
 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | lichen_planus_actinic_trunk_1_050410 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | LICHEN PLANUS, ACTINIC / LICHEN PLANUS | Category: | environmental injury / photosensitivity, photoexacerbated | ||
| Body Site: | trunk / back | Age: | 59 years | ||
| Contributor: | Franco Fulciniti, MD, PhD | ||||
| Description: | symmetric widespread hyperpigmented annular plaques with peripheral hyperpigmentation, central atrophy, and erosions | ||||
| Comments: | This 59-year-old woman with a history of extensive chronic sun exposure developed an itchy purple papular eruption on the the trunk. Histologic changes were consistent with lichen planus. | ||||
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