Open AccessDermatology Quiz: An Old Man with Skin Rash
Author(s) -
Man KH,
Lo CM
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
hong kong journal of emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.145
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2309-5407
pISSN - 1024-9079
DOI - 10.1177/102490790901600312
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatology , rash
A 71-year-old man with good past health attended our emergency department with complaint of itching skin rash for two weeks. There was no precipitating factors or events before the onset of rash. He was labelled by other doctors as chickenpox and non-specific skin rash in previous consultations. His blood pressure was 220/134 mmHg, pulse rate 86 beats per minute and temperature 36.2C. The systems review was unremarkable. The skin rashes were i l lustrated in Figures 1 to 4.