Violaceous and Petechial Persistent Plantar Plaques: A Quiz

Gigantic erythematous plaques with violaceous oedematous borders: a quiz. Wells' syndrome.

A 67-year-old female patient presented with multiple erythematous plaques with violaceous oedematous borders. Lesions first appeared on the trunk, then spread to the lower limbs and finally the face within 10 days (Fig. 1). Lesions showed centrifugal expansion and were very itchy. Laboratory tests showed increased eosinophils (0.08%, normal < 0.07%), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) (4.43 μmol/s/l, ...

[Fever, cervical lymphadenopathy, and erythematous-violaceous facial plaques].

erythrocyte sedimentation rate was 30mm. Antinuclear antibodies, rheumatoid factor, and serological tests for cytomegalovirus, herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2, hepatitis B and C viruses, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Toxoplasma gondii, Bartonella henselae, Salmonella typhi, Brucella, Leptospira, and Francisella tularensis were negative. Serological tests were positive for Epstein-Barr ...

Bilateral indurated violaceous non-tender plaques on the nasal ala

A 77-year-old Iranian man was visited at the Dermatology Department of Loghman-e Hakim Hospital affiliated with Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences on June 2012 with bilateral, symmetric, raised, violaceous and painless plaques on the nose (both ala nasi), from one year ago. The lesions were small at first and then grew gradually larger in size. Systemic symptoms such as fever, weigh...

Pigmented Intertriginous Lesions and Bullous Plaques: A Quiz.

Livedo Racemosa, Reticulated Ulcerations, Panniculitis and Violaceous Plaques in a 46-year-old Woman

Clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis (CADM) is a subset of dermatomyositis (DM) that has conventional cutaneous manifestations of DM, but paradoxically, little or no muscle involvement. In 2005, a novel antibody was described in association with CADM - anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 (anti-MDA5). Patients with this serologic marker have a characteristic mucocutaneous phenotype ...