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Case Studies
Diffuse erythematous rash in a healthy, afebrile infant
September 09, 2021
A healthy 9-day-old girl presents with erosions near her eyes, nose, and skin creases on the arm as well as a positive Nikolsky sign. What's the diagnosis?
Pleuropulmonary blastoma in an adolescent
August 10, 2021
A previously healthy 16-year-old female patient presents with intermittent pleuritic chest pain and shortness of breath. The night before her symptoms started, she hit her chest on a door after a "fainting" episode.
A newborn with fever and tremors
July 12, 2021
In a newborn nursery, a newborn boy shows signs of irritability, high tone, and tremors on day of life 1. His mother’s past medical history is significant for preeclampsia, previous opiate and cocaine abuse, and current tobacco use and she was incarcerated during the pregnancy. What's the diagnosis?
A case of lime disease
July 09, 2021
A 17-year-old boy presents with linear brown spots on his abdomen and chest that developed when he was on a beach vacation with his family the week prior. What's the diagnosis?
Shoulder pain following a hornet sting in a 2-year-old
June 15, 2021
A 2-year-old girl with a 36-hour history of left shoulder redness and pain. She developed a fever 24 hours prior to presentation. She was stung by a hornet on multiple areas of her left upper extremity 10 days earlier. What’s the diagnosis?
A 3-week-old girl with vesicular rash
May 14, 2021
A 3-week old girl comes to an emergency room with vesicular eruptions and recent mild nasal congestion and fussiness. What’s the diagnosis?
A 6-month-old male with solitary mastocytoma
May 10, 2021
An otherwise healthy 6-month-old boy has a 1-cm area of recurrent blistering with surrounding erythema on his right cheek that developed shortly after birth.
Six-year-old male with acute eye swelling and drainage
February 09, 2021
A 6-year-old boy presented to his pediatrician with clear drainage from his left eye for 1 to 2 days. He denied itchiness, pain, vision changes, nasal congestion, or history of allergies. What's the diagnosis?
Teenage boy with asymptomatic brown plaque on back of thigh
February 03, 2021
An adolescent boy developed an asymptomatic brown plaque on the back of his leg. He recently noted the growth of coarse hairs within the lesion.
Red papulonodule with central crusting on a neonate’s cheek
January 14, 2021
A newborn boy born via normal vaginal delivery at 38.6 weeks gestation to a 33-year-old G5P2022 mother presented at birth with an asymptomatic 8-mm red, papulonodule with central crusting on the right cheek. What's the diagnosis?