Friction blisters are a skin condition that may occur at sites of combined pressure and friction and may be enhanced by heat moisture or cotton socks. Friction blisters are characterized […]
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Coral cut
Coral cuts are a severe type of skin injury that may occur from the cuts of coral skeletons.
Pseudoverrucous papules and nodules
Pseudoverrucous papules and nodules are a skin condition characterized by striking 2- to 8-mm shiny smooth red moist flat-topped round skin lesions in the perianal area of children.
Corn (medicine)
A corn (or clavus plural clavi) is a specially shaped callus of dead skin that usually occurs on thin or glabrous (hairless and smooth) skin surfaces especially on the dorsal […]
Photosensitivity with HIV infection
Photosensitivity with HIV infection is a skin condition resembling polymorphous light eruption actinic prurigo or chronic actinic dermatitis seen in about 5% of HIV-infected people.
Hydroa vacciniforme
Hydroa vacciniforme (HV) is a very rare chronic photodermatitis-type skin condition with usual onset in childhood. It was first described in 1862 by Bazin. It is sometimes called Bazin’s hydroa […]
Phototoxic tar dermatitis
Phototoxic tar dermatitis results from coal tar creosote crude coal tar or pitch in conjunction with sunlight exposure which induces a sunburn reaction associated with severe burning sensation.
Solar erythema
Solar erythema is a skin condition characterized by redness of the skin following exposure to ultraviolet light not to be confused with sunburn.
Immersion foot syndromes
Immersion foot syndromes include:
Erythrocyanosis crurum
Erythrocyanosis crurum is a skin condition a variant of acrocyanosis caused by chronic exposure to cold.