Volume 88, Number 2 www.aafp.org/afp American Family Physician 135 A six-year-old boy had a pigmented lesion on the sole of his foot that appeared one month earlier. He had no chronic medical problems. Physical examination showed an asymptomatic brown lesion measuring 7 mm (see accompanying figure). The margins were not well defined, and a light-gray halo surrounded the lesion. A scratch test o...

the frequency of tinea pedis in patients with tinea cruris has not been elucidated. the main objective of this study is to define this frequency all patients referred to the mycological laboratory of razi hospital, tehran, during a 3-month period in 1997, who had a positive koh smear for dermatophyte in the groin area were included in the study. a culture from this site, and a smear and culture...

The herpes zoster virus is a rare but potential cause of acute motor weakness. This article describes 2 patients with drop foot secondary to an infection of varicella zoster who were incorrectly referred to an orthopedic clinic from their general practitioners. The first patient was a 74-year-old man who presented with weakness in the right foot and a vesicular rash. The pattern of disease supp...

Benign bone tumors of the foot and ankle typically present both a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge to podiatric surgeons. These lesions have a relatively low incidence of occuffence in the foot and ankle when compared to other regions of the body, and the behavior of these lesions may mimic malignant tumors. Not only is it impofiant to recognize a specific lesion to insure proper treatment,...

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a major infectious disease in livestock. The common clinical signs in cattle include epidermal vesicles that are majorly distributed around oronasal cavity, feet and teats. The aim of this report is to document an uncommon clinical form of the disease which comprises the occurrence of classic vesicular lesion in a rarely observed location of the horn vegetative t...

Lameness, hoof lesion development and behaviour were compared for two groups of 10 heifers: one in early pregnancy (PH), the other in early lactation (LH). Both groups were housed in the summer in cubicles under identical conditions. Behavioural observations commenced immediately after housing, and then at 2, 4 and 6 weeks post-housing. Locomotion scores were assessed weekly, and feet were exam...

A 31-year-old HIV positive male presented with a two-year history of a slowly growing, 2 cm, asymptomatic, solitary blue-gray nodular lesion on dorsum of right foot (Figure 1a). Dermoscopic examination revealed a well-circumscribed lesion with homogenous blue-grayish globular pattern, scaly surface and striking color changes of yellow, green, purple and pink resembling the colors of a rainbow c...

Differential diagnosis of soft tissue lesions of the foot can be narrowed with imaging. The cystic nature of ganglia, synovial cysts, and bursitis can be confirmed with MR imaging or sonography. Location and signal characteristics of noncystic lesions can suggest Morton's neuroma, giant cell tumor of tendon sheath, and plantar fibromatosis. Synovial-based lesions of the foot and ankle can be di...

Cutaneous horns are rare in black patients probably as a result of the rarity of sun induced associated skin lesions. However reports of these lesions are filtering in from Africa. In this paper we report an unusual case on the sole of the foot in a native African from Nigeria. This is probably the first documentation of the lesion on the sole of the foot in the world literature.

Metastases from bladder cancer to the bones of the hands or feet are rare and usually present after the diagnosis of the primary lesion has been made. This case report describes a 76-year-old man presenting with initial signs of infection of the right foot. Subsequent bone scan revealed multiple bony metastases and hydronephrosis raising the possibility of a primary bladder tumour that was late...