A case from the library
Itchy, scaly rash spreading over two weeks
DermatologyEasy
Roberto Silva
52 years · Male
Vitals
- Heart rate
- 88 bpm
- Blood pressure
- 132/80 mmHg
- Resp. rate
- 18 /min
- SpO₂
- 97%
- Temperature
- 99.9 °F
How hard it is
A textbook presentation with no red herrings. The standard history questions are enough to get you there.
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Source
Adapted from a case report published in Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine, under the CC BY 4.0 license. The patient's name and some details are invented; the clinical picture follows the report. The report names the diagnosis.
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