Palpable maculopapular rash with elevated ESR: What is your diagnosis?

Palpable maculopapular rash with elevated ESR: What is your diagnosis?

Dear Editor Leucocytoclastic vasculitis (LCV) is a necrotizing vasculitis that complicates infections, malignancies, and collagen vascular diseases and can also occur as a reaction to medications (1). It is difficult to distinguish clinically from a drug eruption.We present a case of drug rash resembling LCV. Diagnosis was established by skin biopsy and responded to prompt discontinuation of th...

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A middle-aged lady with an asymptomatic, hyperpigmented plaque on the thigh: what is your diagnosis?

CLINICAL PRESENTATIONA 44-year-old lady came to a dermatology clinic due to an asymptomatic, hyperpigmented plaque on her right thigh since 4 months ago. On physical exam, hypertrichosis on the lesion was notable (Figure 1). Rubbing the lesion resulted in erythema and edema of the lesion. She had no systemic disease and her family history was unremarkable.

Acute Brucellosis with Pancytopenia and Maculopapular Rash

    Human brucellosis is common in developing countries and is a multi-system disease with a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations. Cutaneous lesions associated with brucellosis have been rarely reported in the literature. Here we present a case of a 32-year-old man with history of consumption of cheese made from raw milk seen with occurrence of pancytopenia and diffuse maculopapular rash...