Cutaneous Signs in Select Internal Dieases

   
 
Table 3-27 Cutaneous Signs in Select Internal Diseases
 Endocrine
 
Diabetes mellitus
– Acanthosis nigricans
– Bullous diabeticorum: (Figure 3.48B) tense noninflammatory blisters on lower extremities
– Diabetic dermopathy: atrophic yellow to brown macules on lower legs
– Disseminated granuloma annulare
– Necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum
– Scleredema of Buschke
– Eruptive xanthomas (Figure 3.48F)
 
Hypothyroidism
 
– Coarse dry skin
– Generalized myxedema: boggy and edematous
– Dull, brittle hair
– Alopecia of lateral 1/3 eyebrows (madarosis)
– Onycholysis
 
Hyperthyroidism
(Graves’ disease)
– Velvety, smooth or moist skin
– Hyperpigmentation (localized or generalized)
– Pretibial myxedema: (Figure 3.48E) yellow-brown waxy papules on lower extremities
– Fine hair
– Mild but diffuse alopecia
– Koilonychia
– Onycholysis
 
Addison’s disease
 
– Hyperpigmentation
 GI
 
Cirrhosis
– Spider angiomas
– Palmar erythema
– Gynecomastia
– Terry’s nails
 
Hemochromatosis
 
– Generalized hyperpigmentation
 
Primary biliary cirrhosis
– Pruritus
– Eruptive/planar xanthomas
 
Wilson’s disease
 
– Kayser-Fleischer rings
– Blue lunulae
 
Hepatitis C
– Mixed cryoglobulinemia
– Porphyria cutanea tarda
– Lichen planus (particular oral) (Figure 3.48C)
– Pruritus
– Necrolytic acral erythema
– Polyarteritis nodosa
 
Inflammatory bowel disease
 
– Erythema nodosum (Figure 3.48D)
– Pyoderma gangrenosum (also oral pyostomatitis vegetans)
 Renal
 
End stage renal disease
– Pruritus
– Uremic frost
– Calciphylaxis
– Acquired perforating disorder (Figure 3.50B)
– Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis
    
 
   


Figure 3.47 A: Pellagra (Courtesy of Dr. Paul Getz) B: Glossitis (Courtesy of Dr. Paul Getz) C: Zinc deficiency with acral bulla (Courtesy of Dr. Paul Getz) D: Scurvy (‘corkscrew’ hairs, perifollicular hemorrhage) (Reprint from Feldman M, ed. Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Philadelphia, PA: Churchill Livingstone, Inc; 1998)
Figure 3.47
A: Pellagra (Courtesy of Dr. Paul Getz)
B: Glossitis (Courtesy of Dr. Paul Getz)
C: Zinc deficiency with acral bulla (Courtesy of Dr. Paul Getz)
D: Scurvy (‘corkscrew’ hairs, perifollicular hemorrhage) (Reprint from Feldman M, ed. Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Philadelphia, PA: Churchill Livingstone, Inc; 1998)
 
Figure 3.48 A: Acanthosis nigricans B: Bullous diabeticorum (Courtesy of Dr. Paul Getz) C: Oral lichen planus (Courtesy of Dr. Iris K. Aronson) D: Erythema nodosum (Courtesy of Dr. Paul Getz) E: Pretibial myxedema (Reprint from Krause W. Cutaneous Manifestations of Endocrine Diseases. London: Springer; 2009) F: Eruptive xanthomas (Reprint from Morgan MB, Smoller BR, Somach SC. Deadly Dermatologic Diseases. New York, NY: Springer; 2007)
Figure 3.48
A: Acanthosis nigricans
B: Bullous diabeticorum (Courtesy of Dr. Paul Getz)
C: Oral lichen planus
(Courtesy of Dr. Iris K. Aronson)
D: Erythema nodosum (Courtesy of Dr. Paul Getz)
E: Pretibial myxedema (Reprint from Krause W. Cutaneous Manifestations of Endocrine Diseases. London: Springer; 2009)
F: Eruptive xanthomas (Reprint from Morgan MB, Smoller BR, Somach SC. Deadly Dermatologic Diseases. New York, NY: Springer; 2007)


Figure 3.49 A: Primary amyloidosis (‘pinch’ purpura) B: Paget’s disease (Reprint from Morgan MB, Smoller BR, Somach SC. Deadly Dermatologic Diseases. New York, NY: Springer; 2007) C: Tripe palms (Reprint from Krause W. Cutaneous Manifestations of Endocrine Diseases. London: Springer; 2009) D: Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis (Reprint from Morgan MB, Smoller BR, Somach SC. Deadly Dermatologic Diseases. New York, NY: Springer; 2007) E: Pyoderma gangrenosum (Courtesy of Dr. Paul Getz) F: Cutaneous metastases (bronchogenic carcinoma) (Courtesy of Dr. Paul Getz)
Figure 3.49
A: Primary amyloidosis (‘pinch’ purpura)
B: Paget’s disease (Reprint from Morgan MB, Smoller BR, Somach SC. Deadly Dermatologic Diseases. New York, NY: Springer; 2007)
C: Tripe palms
(Reprint from Krause W. Cutaneous Manifestations of Endocrine Diseases. London: Springer; 2009)
D: Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis
(Reprint from Morgan MB, Smoller BR, Somach SC. Deadly Dermatologic Diseases. New York, NY: Springer; 2007)
E: Pyoderma gangrenosum
(Courtesy of Dr. Paul Getz)
F: Cutaneous metastases (bronchogenic carcinoma) (Courtesy of Dr. Paul Getz)
 
Figure 3.50 A: Bazex sign (acrokeratosis paraneoplastica)* B: Acquired perforating disorder (in ESRD) C: Acquired angioedema (resolving) * Reprint from Burgdorf WH, Plewig G, Landthaler M, Wolff HH, eds. Braun-Falco’s Dermatology. 3rd ed., Berlin: Springer; 2009 D: Erythema gyratum repens (Courtesy of Dr. Paul Getz)
Figure 3.50
A: Bazex sign (acrokeratosis paraneoplastica)*
B: Acquired perforating disorder (in ESRD)
C: Acquired angioedema (resolving)
* Reprint from Burgdorf WH, Plewig G, Landthaler M, Wolff HH, eds. Braun-Falco’s Dermatology. 3rd ed., Berlin: Springer; 2009
D: Erythema gyratum repens
(Courtesy of Dr. Paul Getz)