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Golfer's vasculitis, also called exercise-induced vasculitis, sport-induced vasculitis, Disney rash, or hiker's rash, is a form of small blood vessel inflammation resulting in a rash. [ 1] It occurs in the lower legs, and is caused by excessive walking in hot temperatures. It is more common in elderly people.
Dermatology. Grover's disease ( GD) is a polymorphic, pruritic, papulovesicular dermatosis characterized histologically by acantholysis [ 2]: 529 with or without dyskeratosis. [ 3] Once confirmed, most cases of Grover's disease last six to twelve months, which is why it was originally called "transient". However it may last much longer.
Schnitzler syndrome or Schnitzler's syndrome is a rare disease characterised by onset around middle age of chronic hives (urticaria) and periodic fever, bone pain and joint pain (sometimes with joint inflammation ), weight loss, malaise, fatigue, swollen lymph glands and enlarged spleen and liver. [ 1][ 2] Schnitzler syndrome is considered an ...
Dermatitis herpetiformis. Dermatitis herpetiformis ( DH) is a chronic autoimmune blistering skin condition, [ 3] characterised by intensely itchy blisters filled with a watery fluid. [ 4] DH is a cutaneous manifestation of coeliac disease, [ 5] although the exact causal mechanism is not known. DH is neither related to nor caused by herpes virus ...
Schamberg's disease, or progressive pigmented purpuric dermatosis, is a chronic discoloration of the skin which usually affects the legs and often spreads slowly. This disease is more common in males and may occur at any age from childhood onward. This condition is observed worldwide and has nothing to do with race or ethnic background.
Livedoid vasculopathy (LV) is an uncommon thrombotic dermal vasculopathy that is characterized by excruciating, recurrent ulcers on the lower limbs. [ 4] Livedo racemosa, a painful ulceration in the distal regions of the lower extremities, is the characteristic clinical appearance. It heals to form porcelain-white, atrophic scars, also known as ...
Contact dermatitis. What it looks like: Contact dermatitis has the same symptoms mentioned above, and can be a red rash that appears scaly or blistered, depending on its cause and severity.This ...
ICD-10 is the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), a medical classification list by the World Health Organization (WHO). It contains codes for diseases, signs and symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances, and external causes of injury or diseases. [ 1] Work on ICD-10 began in 1983, [ 2 ...