DIAGNOSE THIS ZEBRA: A DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS CASE
Hyperkeratosis and Painful Fissuring on the Soles By Ted Rosen, MD, FAAD CASE HISTORY A 69-year-old postmenopausal obese Caucasian woman of Russian ethnicity presented with the recent onset of thickened skin in the bilateral plantar surfaces. This phenomenon was particularly prominent on the heels and less apparent on the arch of both feet. She was […]
Skin Pain and Inflammatory Skin Disease
Dr. Raj Chovatiya discusses the distinctions between itch and pain sensations and the treatment of pain as a symptom of inflammatory skin disease. Raj Chovatiya, MD, PhD, is Assistant Professor and Director of Center for Eczema and Itch in the Department of Dermatology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. “We know that you don’t […]