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A middle-aged male patient with a superficial lesion on right upper back. 

Image IQ: Superficial lesion on right upper back

Image IQ: An 8-year-old girl with a sore throat, deep red tongue, fever and a petechial rash. What’s your diagnosis?

Image IQ: An 8-year-old girl with a sore throat, deep red tongue, fever and a petechial rash.

Image IQ:  A man presents to his doctor with hand numbness, pain, skin tightness and raised scars. What’s your diagnosis?

Image IQ:  Hand numbness, pain, skin tightness and raised scars

Image IQ: A 52-year-old man undergoing chemotherapy experiences erythematous lesions on his palms and soles five days after treatment. What’s your diagnosis?

Image IQ: Erythematous lesions on palms post chemo treatment

Image IQ: A 55-year-old woman with a history of inflammatory bowel disease reported a very painful, deep pustule on her leg that may rupture. What’s your diagnosis?

Image IQ: Inflammatory bowel disease with a deep pustule on the leg

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Widespread rashes, red perpendicular lines and mysterious deep pustules are among the skin manifestations we feature in this collection of image IQs.

Complex dermatology cases that confuse and mystify

Image IQ:  A 43-year-old man with a symmetrical palpable purpura rash on his legs. What’s your diagnosis?

Image IQ: A 43-year-old man with a symmetrical palpable purpura rash on his legs

A 10-year-old girl is experiencing hair loss with no signs of lesions or scarring on her scalp. What’s your diagnosis?

Image IQ: Hair loss in a 10-year-old girl

Pruritic skin lesions on the foot and lower leg that look like red lines in a serpiginous configuration. What’s your diagnosis?

Image IQ: Foot and leg lesions that resemble a red line

A nodule develops over the course of months with pain, swelling, distal numbness and muscle weakness. What’s your diagnosis?