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DrVirgo
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07/21/07 - 04:38 PM

skin question.

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07/21/07 - 05:59 PM

lichen planus

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07/21/07 - 07:03 PM

This is eczema herpeticum-clusters of umbilicated vesiculopustules in areas where the skin has been affected by a preexistent dermatitis

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07/21/07 - 08:01 PM

thought it was like this but i never saw how the rash looks so i decided to see it on the int, it didn look anything like the description in the qs..?

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07/21/07 - 09:18 PM

I picked A as well but I'm not 100% sure... the others don't sound right.

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07/21/07 - 09:31 PM

The answer is eczema herpeticum. All other choices can be conviniently eliminated due to absence of typical presentation. Also, remeber that eczema herpeticum is closely associated with atopic dermatits.

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07/21/07 - 10:17 PM

krisrama wrote:
The answer is eczema herpeticum. All other choices can be conviniently eliminated due to absence of typical presentation. Also, remeber that eczema herpeticum is closely associated with atopic dermatits.

Agree, I was looking for Atopic dermatitis, but that wasn't an answer.

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07/21/07 - 10:27 PM

A

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02/04/08 - 12:02 PM

A for sure

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