Dx Across the Skin Color Spectrum

Dx Across the Skin Color Spectrum

Allergic Contact Dermatitis

Author:

Tristi M. Edwards, MBBS, MSc

Richard P. Usatine, MD

Candrice R. Heath, MD

A Black woman with a rash on the neck that developed after new products were applied to the hair. What’s the condition and what...

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Dx Across the Skin Color Spectrum

Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Author:

Candrice R. Heath, MD

Richard P. Usatine, MD

An African woman presents with a growth on the lower lip decades after a large facial burn. What's the condition and what are the key clinical...

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Dx Across the Skin Color Spectrum

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Author:

Richard P. Usatine, MD

Candrice R. Heath, MD

This Black woman has malar erythema and hyperpigmentation with sparing of the nasolabial folds. What's the condition and what are the key clinical...

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Dx Across the Skin Color Spectrum

Melasma

Author:

Nicole A. Negbenebor, MD

Richard P. Usatine, MD

Candrice R. Heath, MD

Hyperpigmentation on the cheeks, bridge of the nose, and upper lip in a Hispanic woman. What's the diagnosis?

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Dx Across the Skin Color Spectrum

Vitiligo

Author:

Uzoamaka Okoro, MD, MSc

Richard P. Usatine, MD

Candrice R. Heath, MD

Vitiligo is a chronic autoimmune disorder characterized by areas of depigmented white patches on the skin due to the loss of melanocytes in the...

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Dx Across the Skin Color Spectrum

Erythrasma

Author:

Mavra Masood, MD

Richard P. Usatine, MD

Candrice R. Heath, MD

A well-demarcated, red-brown plaque with fine scale in the antecubital fossa of an obese Hispanic woman. What's the condition, and what are the...

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Dx Across the Skin Color Spectrum

Tinea Capitis

Author:

Candrice R. Heath, MD

Richard P. Usatine, MD

Tinea capitis is a common dermatophyte infection of the scalp in school-aged children.

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Dx Across the Skin Color Spectrum

Hidradenitis Suppurativa

Author:

Candrice R. Heath, MD

Richard P. Usatine, MD

Hidradenitis suppurativa is a chronic inflammatory condition of the follicular epithelium that most commonly is found in the axillae and buttocks...

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Dx Across the Skin Color Spectrum

Basal Cell Carcinoma

Author:

Candrice R. Heath, MD

Richard P. Usatine, MD

Nodular basal cell carcinoma (BCC) with a pearly rolled border, central pigmentation, and telangiectasia on the forehead of an 80-year-old...

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Dx Across the Skin Color Spectrum

Melanoma

Author:

Candrice R. Heath, MD

Richard P. Usatine, MD

Acral lentiginous melanoma on the sole of the foot in a 30-year-old Black woman. The depth of the lesion was 2 mm with a positive sentinel lymph...

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Dx Across the Skin Color Spectrum

Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia

Author:

Candrice R. Heath, MD

Richard P. Usatine, MD

Scarring alopecia is a collection of hair loss disorders including chronic cutaneous lupus erythematosus (discoid lupus), lichen planopilaris,...

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