QuizBluish Red Verrucous Lesions on the LegAuthor:Varadraj V. Pai, MDPublish date: March 6, 2015An 18-year-old man presented with a history of multiple bluish verrucous lesions over the right leg. A small nodule on the lateral aspect of the right...Read More
ArticlePhotoinduced Classic Sweet Syndrome Presenting as Hemorrhagic BullaeAuthor:Varadraj V. Pai, MDPublish date: June 12, 2014 Sweet syndrome (SS) is characterized by fever; acute onset of painful erythematous papules, plaques, or nodules; peripheral neutrophilic leukocyto...Read More
ArticleLucio PhenomenonAuthor:Varadraj V. Pai, MDPublish date: February 7, 2014 Lucio phenomenon is a type of reaction that occurs in a diffuse non-nodular form of lepromatous leprosy, which is chiefly encountered in Mexico. T...Read More
ArticleMultiple Progressive Papules on the AbdomenAuthor:Varadraj V. Pai, MDPublish date: January 7, 2014Syringoma is a benign adnexal tumor derived from the intradermal portion of the eccrine sweat ducts that occurs predominantly in women at puberty o...Read More
ArticlePsoriasis and Leprosy: A Mystifying CoexistenceAuthor:Varadraj V. Pai, MDPublish date: September 11, 2013Psoriasis and leprosy exist mutually exclusively with only a few cases being reported regarding their coexistence. Among the various forms of psori...Read More
