Intensely Pruritic, Painful and Erythematous Weeping Leg Rash in an Adult

Pruritic erythematous plaques.

Volume 90, Number 5 www.aafp.org/afp American Family Physician 319 A 65-year-old woman presented with a three-month history of erythematous skin patches on her trunk and extremities that were slowly increasing in size and number. The patches were pruritic and unresponsive to diphenhydramine (Benadryl) and cetirizine (Zyrtec). The pruritus interfered with her sleep. She did not have recent illne...

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...

Diffuse, pruritic, papular rash.

Volume 88, Number 9 www.aafp.org/afp American Family Physician 605 A 34-year-old man presented with a pruritic, erythematous, papular rash that appeared two days earlier. The rash started on his trunk and back, then progressed to his arms and the proximal portion of his legs. He did not have pain, burning, or a tingling sensation. He did not have a fever or other systemic symptoms, and the revi...

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

Photosensitive erythematous skin rash.

Volume 88, Number 7 www.aafp.org/afp American Family Physician 457 A 41-year-old man presented with a painful, erythematous, erosive, and scaly rash. It was symmetrically distributed over sun-exposed areas, involving his face, neck, dorsum of his hands and feet, and upper back (Figures 1 and 2). The rash and frequent loose stools had been present for several months. Neuropsychiatric evaluation ...