David L. Kaplan, MD

December 31, 2006

A 47-year-old woman is bothered by the numerous small, smooth, darkbrown papules that have developed on her face and neck during the pastdecade. She asks if the asymptomatic lesions can be removed.

December 01, 2006

A Photo Quiz to Hone Dermatologic Skills

November 01, 2006

An asymptomatic loss of pigment around the eyelids of several weeks' duration prompts a 53-year-old woman to seek evaluation. She has not started wearing any new eye makeup; her only medication is an antihypertensive.

November 01, 2006

An asymptomatic loss of pigment around the eyelids of several weeks' duration prompts a 53-year-old woman to seek evaluation. She has not started wearing any new eye makeup; her only medication is an antihypertensive.

October 01, 2006

For several months, a 56-year-old woman has noticed slowly progressive thickening of the skin on her volar wrists and shoulders that is associated with pruritus and loss of pigment. There is no personal history of trauma and no family history of similar lesions. She has taken the same statin for the past 3 years.

October 01, 2006

Slowly progressive depigmentation; asymptomatic petechiae; a mildlypruritic, crusty rash--do you know the cause of the disorderspictured here?

September 15, 2006

A 6-year-old boy has a rash on his hands and feet that erupted shortly after he started first grade. His parents are concerned that he may be allergic to something at school, such as chalk. He is otherwise healthy.

September 15, 2006

A Photo Quiz to Hone Dermatologic Skills

September 01, 2006

Pruritic eruptions on both arms of a 12-year-old who has played outdoors all summer; a rash on the hand of a teenage baseball player . . . might sports be responsible for these lesions?

August 01, 2006

An extensive, highly pruritic rash; hypopigmented macules; a scaly,pruritic plantar eruption that resists antifungals--can you identify thedisorders pictured here?