Dermatitis, Atopic, Eczema (dermatitis, Atopic) - DermAtlas

Contributor

Shahbaz A. Janjua, MD

Diagnosis

dermatitis, atopic eczema (dermatitis, atopic)

Body Site

knee

Age

50 years

Pigmentation

medium

Organization

confluent

Color

brown

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

symmetric

Comments

This 50 year old woman had a flare of her atopic dermatitis with prominent plaques on and around her neck and the flexural creases of her arms and legs. She had subtle plaques around her eyes and on eyelids from scratching.She improved with oral cefadroxil 500 mg bd for 7 days,hydroxyzine 25 mg bd and topical emolients and betamthasone dipropionate.

Description

symmetric lichenified,excoriated, scaly red confluent plaques

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5/29/2003 5:01:42

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