We report the case of a 14-year-old African American male who presented with a four-month history of a slowly growing asymptomatic plaque on his face. Physical exam revealed a solitary hyper pigmented plaque that extended from the glabella to the right nasal ala in a linear and confluent manner down the right nasal sidewall. The plaque was lichenified and well demarcated with a distinctive hype...

506 Ann Dermatol Received May 27, 2016, Revised August 5, 2016, Accepted for publication August 11, 2016 Corresponding author: Sung Ku Ahn, Department of Dermatology, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, 20 Ilsan-ro, Wonju 26426, Korea. Tel: 82-33-741-0621, Fax: 82-33-748-2650, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons ...

Figure 1: MRI showing cervical disc prolapse (C5–6) and hypertrophied ligamentum ß avum middle and ring fingers, which had been mistakenly attributed to scabies by another dermatologist and given topical parasiticidal medication in vain. The localized pruritus used to come in bouts (not seasonal) and had significantly disturbed the patient over many months. The patient’s past medical history wa...