An intensely pruritic disseminated skin eruption

An intensely pruritic papular eruption - is there a distant cause?

An Unusual Case: Intensely Pruritic Eruptive Syringoma

An 18-year old Afro-Caribbean woman presented with a 2-year history of a gradual onset, severely pruritic eruption affecting her upper chest and arms. The eruption started as crops of itchy papules on her upper chest, which were slowly spreading to her abdomen and inner aspect of both forearms. Emollients and topical steroids had been ineffective. She had no past medical history or family histo...

Generalized, pruritic skin eruption in an immunocompromised patient

A 50-year-old African-American female with a past medical history significant for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and non-adherence to HAART therapy, was admitted for failure to thrive and a generalized, pruritic skin eruption. The patient first noticed the eruption on her feet a few months prior to admission. Within days, it had spread to her torso, upper extremities, and scalp. On physical...

Intensely Pruritic Papules and Plaques in Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia

Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia (WM) is lymphoplasmacytoid malignancy that affects B lymphocytes. Cutaneous involvement of WM is rare, but various cutaneous manifestations have been reported. These findings are due to various pathological processes including direct invasion of tumor cells into the skin, deposition of paraproteins, hyperviscosity syndrome, and cryoglobulinemia. A 64-year-old man...

Pruritic eruption on the anterior shins.