Neutrophil-Mediated Diseases Pyoderma Gangrenosum (PG) ICD-9: 686.01 ICD-10:L88 PG is an idiopathic, either acute or chronic, severely debilitating skin disease. It is characterized by neutrophilic infiltration, destruction of tissue, and…
Skin Signs of Renal Insufficiency Classification of Skin Changes Acute renal failure Edema Uremic frost (deposition of urea crystals on skin surface in severe uremia) Chronic renal failure Edema Uremic…
Disorders of Psychiatric Etiology Classification of Disorders of Psychiatric Etiology • Dysmorphic syndrome • Delusions of parasitosis • Compulsive habits • Neurotic excoriations • Trichotillomania • Factitious syndromes • Cutaneous…
Severe and Life-Threatening Skin Eruptions in the Acutely III Patient Exfoliative Erythroderma Syndrome (EES) ICD-9: 695.9 EES is a serious, at times life-threatening, reaction pattern of the skin characterized by…
Genetic Diseases Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum ICD-9: 757.39 ICD-10: Q82.810 Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is a serious hereditary disorder of connective tissue that involves the elastic tissue in the skin, blood vessels, and…
Systemic Parasitic Infections Leishmaniasis ICD-9: 085.9 ICD-10: B55 Etiology. Many species of obligate intracellular protozoa Leishmania; predominant species are: New World: Leishmania mexicana complex, Viannia subgenus Old World: L. tropica,…
Generalized Pruritus Without Skin Lesions (Pruritus Sine Materia) Most skin eruptions and rashes are more or less pruritic, but there are states where there is severe pruritus in the absence…
Complications and Revisions INTRODUCTION A surgeon should never perform a procedure for which he or she is incapable of dealing with potential adverse consequences. Even in the most capable…
