Case of Persistent Erythematous Eruption

Persistent docetaxel-induced supravenous erythematous eruption*

Taxanes are drugs used to treat many types of cancer, including breast and lung cancer. The most common side effects of these drugs are neutropenia and mucositis. Signs of skin toxicity are observed in about 65% of cases and include alopecia, hypersensitivity reactions, persistent supravenous erythematous eruption, nail changes, scleroderma reactions and others. We report two cases of skin reac...

Diffuse, Erythematous, Scaly Eruption.

Previously published Photo Quizzes are now featured in a mobile app. Get more information at http:// www.aafp.org/afp/apps. A 52-year-old male smoker presented with a mildly pruritic rash that began three months earlier on his back and spread to his scalp, trunk, and extremities, including the palms and soles. He had a history of alcoholic cirrhosis. He had no recent new exposures, including me...

A Distinct Annular Eruption: Neonatal Lupus Erythematous

An 8-week old male born at 36 weeks gestation presented to clinic with a progressive rash. At birth, he was noted to have an erythematous atrophic macule on the upper lip. Over the next two months, he developed pink-orange, annular, scaly macules that slowly spread to involve his cheeks, forehead, and frontotemporal scalp (Figures 1,2). He was otherwise growing and developing well. Laboratory e...

Erythematous eruption in a man with acute myeloid leukemia.

A Circumscribed and Persistent Erythematous Plaque on the Palm

A 66 year-old white woman had a unique cutaneous lesion localized at her right thenar eminence. It was a shiny erythematous round plaque with a clear scaling border that was slightly depressed (Figure 1A). The lesion was completely asymptomatic and had been noticed by the patient many years before. It had 1.5cm of diameter and had been stable during all these years. Dermoscopy showed a depresse...