 | Your DermAtlas query returned 2 ImagesClick on the IMAGE to see an enlargement. |
 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | bowelbypass_2_010418 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | BOWEL BYPASS SYNDROME | Category: | vesiculobullous eruptions | ||
| Body Site: | hand | Age: | 55 years | ||
| Contributor: | Chris Ha, MD | ||||
| Description: | red papulopustules | ||||
| Comments: | A 55 year old man developed a papulopustular eruption on his hands 10 years after bowel bypass surgery for morbid obesity. The lesions which had been present for over a month were pruritic, and he was otherwise well. Laboratory studies including blood and tissue cultures were normal or negative. The skin biopsy revealed sterile pustules. | ||||
| Related Images: | bowelbypass_1_010418 | ||||
 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | bowelbypass_1_010418 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | BOWEL BYPASS SYNDROME | Category: | vesiculobullous eruptions | ||
| Body Site: | hand | Age: | 55 years | ||
| Contributor: | Chris Ha, MD | ||||
| Description: | red papulopustules | ||||
| Comments: | A 55 year old man developed a papulopustular eruption on his hands 10 years after bowel bypass surgery for morbid obesity. The lesions which had been present for over a month were pruritic, and he was otherwise well. Laboratory studies including blood and tissue cultures were normal or negative. The skin biopsy revealed sterile pustules. | ||||
| Related Images: | bowelbypass_2_010418 | ||||
    Books by the Dermatlas Editors | © DermAtlas, Johns Hopkins University; 2000-2009 |
Link directly to this page: http://DermAtlas.med.jhmi.edu/derm/result.cfm?Diagnosis=-862029592