Rash that itches and is all over: look beyond the skin

Rash that itches and is all over: look beyond the skin

Generalized pruritic rash in Hodgkin's disease is most commonly due to paraneoplastic manifestation. It can sometimes precede other manifestations of Hodgkin's disease by weeks or months. Hence, if other possible causes have been ruled out, Hodgkin's disease should be considered a possible cause of generalized pruritic rash. Consideration of Hodgkin's disease as a cause of generalized pruritic ...

Academic nepotism – all that glitters is not gold

Dear Editor With increasing emphasis on publications forfaculty recruitment, career advancementand obtaining research grants, the issues relatedto author kinship and academic nepotism havegrown significantly and these probably reflectthe inflationary growth rather than the optimalgrowth warranted due to increasing researchcomplexity. Allesina S (1) measured the fullmagnitude of nepotism in the ...

Photosensitive erythematous skin rash.

Volume 88, Number 7 www.aafp.org/afp American Family Physician 457 A 41-year-old man presented with a painful, erythematous, erosive, and scaly rash. It was symmetrically distributed over sun-exposed areas, involving his face, neck, dorsum of his hands and feet, and upper back (Figures 1 and 2). The rash and frequent loose stools had been present for several months. Neuropsychiatric evaluation ...

Skin rash following levetiracetam

A 19-year-old woman had secondary generalized seizures for 18 months due to a calcified parietal granuloma. She was treated with phenytoin (PHT) and sodium valproate. PHT was replaced with LEV 500 mg twice daily because of a recurrence of seizures. Having taken LEV for 10 days, she developed a generalized maculopapular itchy rash which spared the mucous membranes. LEV was stopped and she was pr...

Gemcitabine induced skin rash.