Interesting Pustules on Pinna

A rare interesting case of seborrheic keratosis of pinna

Seborrheic keratosis is a benign tumour of external ear originating from proliferative epithelial cells. Its most common site ranges from the retroauricular region to the helical rim. Diagnosis is made on the basis of clinical & histopathological examination. Here, we discuss the clinical presentation, differential diagnosis, pathological diagnosis and management of such a case.

Ectopic pinna.

Pustules and dystrophy of the nails.

57-year-old Caucasian woman came to the outpatient clinic with a complaint of a 3-month history of redness, pain, and itching of her left fifth digit involving the periungual skin, dorsal fingertip, and skin over her distal interphalangeal joint. Prior therapy consisted of subungual injectable steroids with considerable pain and minimal relief of symptoms. Subsequently she noticed that the left...

Arcuate, red plaques with pustules on the trunk.

Volume 84, Number 12 www.aafp.org/afp American Family Physician 1405 A 61-year-old woman presented with a waxing and waning eruption that she noticed one year prior. Initially, the eruption was characterized by annular, eczematous plaques on the extremities. Findings from biopsies of these areas were consistent with allergic contact dermatitis; however, the lesions did not appear to be caused b...

[Papules and pustules on the knee of a young woman].

A 22-year old woman with no relevant past history at tended the emergency dermatology clinic for tender papular lesions that had been present on the left knee for 2 months. She had experienced mild fever and j oint pain in the 2 previous days. Her primary care physician had provided t reatment with cort icosteroids and topical fusidic acid, oral cloxacill in, and a tapering course of def lazaco...