The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 123, Issue 1 , Pages 31-33 , January 2010

The Red Flag

  • Marion Wobser, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Marion Wobser, MD, Department of Dermatology, Josef-Schneider-Street 2, 97080 Wuerzburg, Germany
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  • Matthias Burger, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology Practice, Wuerzburg, Germany
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  • Axel Trautmann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany

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    The patient had these skin lesions on the lower leg. A, These disseminated, dome-shaped, red and white papules are in different stages of evolution. B, An erythematous rim surrounds the atrophic, porc

    The patient had these skin lesions on the lower leg. A, These disseminated, dome-shaped, red and white papules are in different stages of evolution. B, An erythematous rim surrounds the atrophic, porcelain-white center of a lesion. C, A hand-held dermoscope provides a magnified visualization of skin lesions (10x). D, Dermoscopy of a lesion shows multiple convoluted small vessels with no signs of hemorrhage around a glassy, avascular papule.

 Parwathi “Uma” Paniker, MD, Section Editor

 Funding: None.

 Conflict of Interest: The authors do not have any conflicts of interest.

 Authorship: All authors have contributed to the paper, had full access to the data and accepted the final version of the manuscript.

PII: S0002-9343(09)00879-1

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2009.09.016

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 123, Issue 1 , Pages 31-33 , January 2010

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