Dermatology

A 22-month-old boy with failure to thrive presented with a 3-day history of rhinorrhea, fever, and abdominal pain associated with tube feeding. A PEG tube had been placed 2 months before this visit.

A 3-year-old child was brought to her primary caregiver by her maternal grandmother who was concerned about the infected lesion shown here. The child was at the center of a heated custody dispute and abuse was strongly suspected. But could the lesion’s origin be something else?

Labor was induced at term in a 29-year-old woman who had had an uneventful pregnancy. Her baby weighed 3575 g (7 lb, 14 oz). The neonate’s left arm was internally rotated with flexion at the wrist. He had a normal grasp reflex, but Moro reflex was incomplete.

A 4-year-old, previously healthy girl presented to a tertiary care children’s hospital emergency department (ED) with large, tense bullae involving up to 40% of her body surface area. The patient’s parents described a 12-day history of itchy, papulovesicular lesions that had progressed into large blisters.

The worried mother of a healthy 21-month-old girl asks you to evaluate a peculiar, squiggly blue line on the top of her daughter's right foot.

A 2-year-old girl has been followed for developmental delays and slow weight gain by her pediatrician and early childhood intervention therapists. The 17-year-old, first-time mother was also a runaway and had avoided early prenatal care. More details and questions for you, here.

Here: Ted Rosen, MD, presents 2 tips about 2 skin disorders that you might not know.

Dr Jon E. Grant talks about the genetics, neurobiology, and cognitive processes of body-focused repetitive behaviors, which include trichotillomania, skin picking, and other behaviors.

A 14-year-old boy presented to the abuse clinic at the request of child protective services. The boy’s gym teacher had noticed multiple large bruises on his back, arms, and legs. School officials had previous experience with the child’s “volatile” stepfather and thought him “capable of abuse.” There were also unofficial concerns of past domestic abuse. A 14-year-old boy presented to the abuse clinic at the request of child protective services. The boy’s gym teacher had noticed multiple large bruises on his back, arms, and legs. School officials had previous experience with the child’s “volatile” stepfather and thought him “capable of abuse.” There were also unofficial concerns of past domestic abuse.

A third of patients with epilepsy are refractory to current treatment options. Thus, new agents are a welcome addition.

Here: Ted Rosen, MD, presents 5 tips about 5 skin disorders that you might not know.

A bouncing 8-month-old baby boy comes to your office with a blistering eruption and a very worried mother.

A 15-year-old girl has a fever and rash.

This 1-year-old African-American boy is being followed for developmental delays. His 35-year-old mother has no known health problems, and this was her third pregnancy.Premature delivery at 27 weeks was uncomplicated, yielding appropriate birth weight and Dubowitz scores for gestational age.

A 5-year old boy presented with these nonpruritic nonsuppurative painful erythematous nodules on his lower extremities. The rash had appeared about 1 week after the onset of a dry hacking cough.

A15-year old girl presented with a rash on both feet that had appeared a month earlier. Initially the rash looked like bruising at the base of both large toenails.

A hypoxemic, 2-month-old boy has respiratory synctial virus bronchiolitis. As you're listening to his wheezing chest during the emergency department visit, his mother asks about the "big freckles" on his scalp and forehead that have been present since birth.

This 7-year-old boy was brought in for a routine well-child visit. His history included profound sensorineural hearing loss, (for which he had received cochlear implants) and congenital heart disease (a small ventricular septal defect, subaortic ridge, right ventricular conduction delay, and mild left ventricular dilatation).

A 4 1/2 year-old Hispanic boy is referred to the pediatric clinic because of failure to thrive and growth retardation. He was born at full-term in Mexico and weighed 1.9 kg at birth (lower than the 3rd percentile).

A 3-year old girl presents with a 4-week history of rash on her left arm, flank, and thigh. The rash is non-pruritic and non-painful. The patient is taking no medications and is up-to-date on all immunizations.

In response to publicity about an alleged but erroneous link between vaccination and autism, the number of children who are being immunized has decreased. This is of concern because many vaccine-preventable diseases have potentially devastating and even lethal consequences.

A 2-day history of fever and sore throat and an erupting rash prompted the mother of a 5-year-old boy to bring her son into the office for evaluation.