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Scratch-Induced Lesions…Without the Scratching.

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A 63-year-old man with diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia came to the emergency department with slightly pruritic skin lesions that had appeared 48 hours earlier. He denied having taken any new… Click to show full abstract

A 63-year-old man with diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia came to the emergency department with slightly pruritic skin lesions that had appeared 48 hours earlier. He denied having taken any new or different medications. However, when asked about foods, he reported eating shitake mushrooms 2 days before the lesions appeared. He also had a 2-month history of muscle pain in both shoulders, but mainly on the right, and with no weakness in either the shoulder or pelvic girdle. Physical examination revealed multiple lesions

Keywords: scratch induced; lesions without; without scratching; induced lesions

Journal Title: Actas dermo-sifiliograficas
Year Published: 2019

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