Schneiderman Prelims Vol-I. qxd

INFECTIONS AND INFESTATIONS
Abscess
Actinomycosis 
Ghatan p.56, Second Edition
Aspergillosis – ulcer of ear 
Ped Derm 19:439–444, 2002
Bacillary angiomatosis – red papules and nodules 
Rook p.3039,
1998, Sixth Edition
Blastomycosis-like pyoderma – verrucous plaque
Candidal granuloma – verrucous plaque; ear dermatitis in chronic
mucocutaneous candidiasis 
Ped Derm 19:415–418, 2002
Carbuncle 
Rook p.3030, 1998, Sixth Edition
Cellulitis
Chromoblastomycosis – verrucous plaque 
AD 119:87–89, 1983
Cryptococcosis – verrucous plaque
Coccidioidomycosis – verrucous plaque
Diphtheria – superficial round ulcer with overhanging edge; gray
adherent membrane; later edge thickens and becomes raised
and rolled; umbilicus, post-auricular, groin, finger or toe web;
heals with scarring; crusts around nose and mouth with faucial
diphtheria 
Schweiz Rundsch Med Prax 87:1188–1190, 1998;
Postgrad Med J 72:619–620, 1996; Am J Epidemiol
102:179–184, 1975
Furuncle 
Rook p.3030, 1998, Sixth Edition
Herpes simplex 
Rook p.3032, 1998, Sixth Edition; chronic
herpes simplex – verrucous plaque
Herpes zoster – Ramsey–Hunt syndrome 
Rook p.3032, 1998,
Sixth Edition
Histoplasmosis – verrucous plaque 
Int J Derm 30 (2):104–108,
1991
HTLV-1 infective dermatitis 
BJD 150:958–965, 2004
Impetigo contagiosum – staphylococcal, streptococcal 
Rook
p.3030, 1998, Sixth Edition
Infectious eczematoid dermatitis
Insect bite
Leishmaniasis, American – 
Leishmania mexicana – may invade
cartilage and destroy pinna 
Rook p.1418, 1998, Sixth Edition
Leprosy – lepromatous; thickened wrinkled earlobes 
Rook
p.1225, 1998, Sixth Edition; AD 100:407–412, 1969
Lobo’s disease (keloidal blastomycosis) 
Cutis 46:227–234,
1990; Int J Derm 17:572–574, 1978
Lyme borreliosis (
Borrelia burgdorferi ) – lymphocytoma cutis of
the ear lobe; bluish–red plaque 
JAAD 49:363–392, 2003; Rook
p.3027, 1998, Sixth Edition; JAAD 38:877–905, 1998; Infection
19:284–286, 1991
Molluscum contagiosum 
Rook p.3039, 1998, Sixth Edition
Mycobacterium marinum Rook p.3028–3029, 1998, Sixth Edition
Mycobacterium tuberculosis – lupus vulgaris – extensive
destruction 
Cutis 15:499–509, 1975; starts as red–brown
plaque, enlarges with serpiginous margin or as discoid plaques;
apple-jelly nodules; myxomatous form with large tumors of the
earlobes 
Cutis 67:311–314, 2001; Int J Dermatol 26:578–581,
1987; Acta Tuberc Scand 39 (Suppl 49):1–137, 1960; giant
infiltrated ear lobe (lupus vulgaris) 
AD 138:1607–1612, 2002;
papulonecrotic tuberculid – dusky red crusted or ulcerated
papules occur in crops on elbows, hands, feet, knees, legs; also
ears, face, buttock, and penis 
Ped Derm 15:450–455, 1998; Int
J Dermatol 30:487–490, 1991; Ped Derm 7:191–195, 1990
multilobulated tumor of the earlobe 
BJD 150:370–371, 2004;
tuberculosis verrucosa cutis
North American blastomycosis – verrucous plaque
Otitis externa 
Clin Otolaryngol 17:150–154, 1992; Arch Environ
Health 37:300–305, 1982
Pediculosis – head lice with elephantiasis of the ear 
Acta DV
(
Stockh) 63:363–365, 1983
Pneumocystis carinii – red nodular infiltrated ear Tyring p.334,
2002; polyps within external auditory canal Am J Med
85:250–252, 1988