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Case 1. A 12-year-old boy with severe dermatitis highlighting the neck, upper chest area, axillae, antecubital fossae, and waistline. Numerous excoriations are present within the eczematous plaques.
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The patient's dermatitis, while widespread, was severe in anatomical regions that are typical of atopic dermatitis (Figure 1) and fulfilled the UK Working Party's diagnostic criteria for atopic dermatitis.
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Case 2. An 18-year-old woman with leonine infiltration of the skin associated with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma and overlying eczema herpeticum.
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She then became erythrodermic and developed diffuse, leonine infiltration of the skin, with overlying crusted erosions (Figure 2). Skin biopsy specimens demonstrated an atypical lymphoid infiltrate with eosinophils and epidermotropism.
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Case 3. A 22-year-old woman with multiple concurrent severe cutaneous viral infections. A, Periungal verruca vulgaris. B, Confluent molluscum contagiosum lesions on the neck.
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When she was 19 years old, she developed confluent verrucae on the distal aspect of her fingers (Figure 3A). She had molluscum contagiosum, which formed plaques on her face, neck (Figure 3B), chest, abdomen, and periaxillary and pubic areas.