Article
- Author:
- Stephen M. Purcell, DO
Publish date: December 6, 2021
Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis may occur in patients with a history of renal insufficiency and exposure to gadolinium-based contrast agents.
Article
- Author:
- Stephen M. Purcell, DO
Publish date: May 24, 2021
Lymphomatoid papulosis is an indolent cutaneous lymphoma; however, it is associated with the potential development of a second hematologic malignan...
Article
- Author:
- Stephen M. Purcell, DO
Publish date: November 20, 2020
Scalp arteriovenous fistulas may be traumatic or spontaneous and present as either an innocuous-looking scalp nodule or as a progressively enlargin...
Article
- Author:
- Stephen M. Purcell, DO
Publish date: August 27, 2020
Treatment of patients with multiple neoplasms within an area of field cancerization can be especially challenging. The case of a patient with field...
Article
- Author:
- Stephen M. Purcell, DO
Publish date: July 30, 2019
Cutaneous side effects of erlotinib include acneform eruption, xerosis, paronychia, and pruritus. Clinicians should monitor patients for darkening ...
Article
- Author:
- Stephen M. Purcell, DO
Publish date: June 5, 2019
Acroangiodermatitis (AAD) is a rare benign vascular proliferation characterized by violaceous patches or plaques of the extremities resembling Kapo...
Article
- Author:
- Stephen M. Purcell, DO
Publish date: April 3, 2019
One-third of relapsing polychondritis (RP) patients have coexisting autoimmune disease. Dermatologists must be aware of the potential for developme...
Article
- Author:
- Stephen M. Purcell, DO
Publish date: January 8, 2019
Necrobiosis lipoidica (NL) is a granulomatous inflammatory skin disease strongly associated with diabetes mellitus....
Article
- Author:
- Stephen M. Purcell, DO
Publish date: August 2, 2018
Inflammatory linear verrucous epidermal nevus (ILVEN) is a rare cutaneous disease that presents as linear psoriasiform plaques with associated prom...
Article
- Author:
- Stephen M. Purcell, DO
Publish date: June 7, 2018
Eosinophilic pustular folliculitis (EPF) is a noninfectious condition characterized by folliculocentric papules, pustules, and plaques on the head,...
Article
- Author:
- Stephen M. Purcell, DO
Publish date: April 5, 2018
A 96-year-old woman presented with a rapidly enlarging lesion overlying the suprasternal notch. The lesion originated as a small, erythematous, sca...
Article
- Author:
- Stephen M. Purcell, DO
Publish date: September 5, 2017
Photosensitive atopic dermatitis (AD) is a rare disease entity that many physicians are not familiar with, thus it often is misdiagnosed. It can be...
Article
- Author:
- Stephen M. Purcell, DO
Publish date: April 15, 2016
Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare neuroendocrine tumor of unknown origin that usually presents in the elderly population. A novel polyomavirus ...
