Article
- Author:
- Matthew Zirwas, MD
Publish date: December 14, 2015
The term latex allergy refers to a hypersensitivity to products containing natural rubber latex. Individuals with true latex allergy have developed...
Article
- Author:
- Matthew Zirwas, MD
Publish date: May 1, 2012
A woman has a bleeding, painful plaque on her leg; another woman has a reddened lip and fever.
Article
- Author:
- Matthew Zirwas, MD
Publish date: March 1, 2012
A woman has increasing hardening of the skin; another woman has bullae on her inner ankle.
Article
- Author:
- Matthew Zirwas, MD
Publish date: January 1, 2012
A man has purple discoloration of his nails and arms; another man has distended veins.
Article
- Author:
- Matthew Zirwas, MD
Publish date: September 1, 2011
A man has pain, stiffness, and induration of his arms and legs; another man has excessive hair on his face and back.
Article
- Author:
- Matthew Zirwas, MD
Publish date: July 1, 2011
A man has painful scalp lesions; another man has a painful, necrotic back lesion accompanied by GI problems.
Article
- Author:
- Matthew Zirwas, MD
Publish date: May 1, 2011
A teenage boy has crusts under his lip; a woman has blisters that were preceded by burning pain.
Article
- Author:
- Matthew Zirwas, MD
Publish date: March 1, 2011
A woman taking doxycycline has a rash and onycholysis; another woman develops wheals with scratching or friction of the skin.
Article
- Author:
- Matthew Zirwas, MD
Publish date: January 1, 2011
A woman suspects she has “ringworm”; another woman has an eruption on her trunk and arms.
Article
- Author:
- Matthew Zirwas, MD
Publish date: November 1, 2010
A pregnant woman has a highly pruritic rash on her abdomen; an elderly woman has a painful dermatitis at the corners of her mouth.
Article
- Author:
- Matthew Zirwas, MD
Publish date: September 1, 2010
A man presents with a moist erythematous penile rash; in a second case, a woman has progressive pigment loss of the skin on her hands and arms.
Article
- Author:
- Matthew Zirwas, MD
Publish date: July 1, 2010
A woman has a persistent rash on her nose that worsens with sun exposure; another woman was bitten by a tick and now has a rash, arthralgias, and ...
Article
- Author:
- Matthew Zirwas, MD
Publish date: May 1, 2010
A woman presents with clear, fluid-filled blisters; in a second case, a retired farmer has a visible hemorrhage into the skin of his arm.
Article
- Author:
- Matthew Zirwas, MD
Publish date: March 1, 2010
A man presents with a recurrent blistering plaque and is concerned that he may have herpes; another man has a bleeding vascular nodule on his righ...
Article
- Author:
- Matthew Zirwas, MD
Publish date: January 1, 2010
A woman presents with abdominal tenderness and palpable purpura on her lower extremities; another woman has persistent redness of the cheeks.
