Key features ▪ Roughly 20% of outpatient dermatology visits are for bacterial skin infections ▪ Staphylococci and streptococci cause the majority of bacterial skin conditions, which range from common infections (e.g. impetigo) to multisystem disorders (e.g. toxic shock syndrome) ▪…
Evidence Levels: A Double-blind study B Clinical trial ≥ 20 subjects C Clinical trial < 20 subjects D Series ≥ 5 subjects E Anecdotal case reports Open full size image Pretibial myxedema (PM), more accurately termed thyroid dermopathy, is characterized…
Evidence Levels: A Double-blind study B Clinical trial ≥ 20 subjects C Clinical trial < 20 subjects D Series ≥ 5 subjects E Anecdotal case reports Open full size image Pityriasis rosea (PR) is a common, acute, self-limiting, papulosquamous disorder…
Evidence Levels: A Double-blind study B Clinical trial ≥ 20 subjects C Clinical trial < 20 subjects D Series ≥ 5 subjects E Anecdotal case reports Open full size image Oral mucoceles fall into two categories: the mucous extravasation cyst…
Evidence Levels: A Double-blind study B Clinical trial ≥ 20 subjects C Clinical trial < 20 subjects D Series ≥ 5 subjects E Anecdotal case reports Open full size image Miliaria is a benign, transient disorder caused by occlusion and…
Evidence Levels: A Double-blind study B Clinical trial ≥ 20 subjects C Clinical trial < 20 subjects D Series ≥ 5 subjects E Anecdotal case reports Open full size image Impetigo is a common superficial bacterial infection of the skin,…
Evidence Levels: A Double-blind study B Clinical trial ≥ 20 subjects C Clinical trial < 20 subjects D Series ≥ 5 subjects E Anecdotal case reports Open full size image Erythema dyschromicum perstans (EDP) is an acquired, generalized dermal hypermelanosis…
Evidence Levels: A Double-blind study B Clinical trial ≥ 20 subjects C Clinical trial < 20 subjects D Series ≥ 5 subjects E Anecdotal case reports Open full size image Balanitis is a general term for inflammation of the glans…
Key Points When evaluating cysts and nodules of the head and neck, consider thyroglossal ductal cysts and thyroid carcinoma metastases. There are many syndromes associated with thyroid cancer with dermatologic manifestations (e.g., Cowden’s disease, multiple mucosal neuroma syndromes, Gardner’s syndrome,…