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Jayakar Thomas, MD. PhD

Diagnosis

pellagra

Body Site

hand foot

Age

40 years

Pigmentation

medium

Organization

confluent

Color

brown red

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

symmetric acral (centripetal - extremity predominant)

Comments

A 40-year-old man developed scaly reddish-brown plaques on the sun exposed areas of the hands and feet. He did have a history of photosensitivity (itching and burning with sun exposure) and chronic alcohol abuse.

Description

symmetric scaly erythematous plaques in sun exposed sites

Categories

photosensitivity, photoexacerbated nutritional deficiency hyperpigmentation papulosquamous eruptions

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1/6/2008 18:07:12

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