Life-Threatening Rashes: Dermatologic Signs of Four Infectious Diseases

Dermatologic signs.

BACKGROUND Dermatology signs serve as important clues to primary skin disorders and internal conditions. OBJECTIVE AND METHODS To highlight major cutaneous signs based on a MEDLINE literature search from 1966 to March 2006. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS A multitude of signs exist in dermatology. Appreciation and knowledge of cutaneous signs will enhance the care of patients with dermatologic mani...

Osteonecrosis and panniculitis as life-threatening signs.

Pathogenesis of rashes in virus diseases.

Dermatologic Signs and Symptoms of Substance Abuse

Various substances of abuse are known to cause specific cutaneous manifestations. In this review, we highlight the cutaneous manifestations associated with the use of cocaine, heroin, marijuana, methamphetamine, alcohol, and anabolic steroids. Cutaneous signs of tanning addiction are also discussed, as tanning bed use is a particularly relevant and growing problem in Dermatology. We also provid...

Diagnosing subtle forms of potentially life-threatening diseases.

ithin the first few months of my practice, I changed the ife of a young physician referred for right ventricular (RV) utflow tract ventricular tachycardia (VT) with the diagnois of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/ ysplasia (ARVC/D). This was an uncomfortable moment, ut not one nearly as bad as “the cardiologist’s worst ightmare” (1), making the opposite mistake of missing a ife-...