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Burning red hot feet
A man in his fifties presented with 1-year history of burning sensation and pain in both feet with dusky erythema on both dorsal feet and soles with no associated systemic complaint. Cutaneous examination revealed symmetric well to ill-defined blanchable dusky erythema on dorsum of feet involving toes and soles, with slight elevation of temperature of overlying skin (Fig. 1). Peripheral pulses including dorsalis pedis, anterior tibial and posterior tibial artery were palpable and sensory examination were normal.Papulopustules and paronychia in a lung carcinoma
A 61 years old male was referred from pulmonary medicine department with 2- week history of acneiform lesions over face and upper back, with associated complaints of pain in proximal nail folds of both great toes and left middle finger with purulent discharge and generalized pruritus. Historically, patient was diagnosed case of advanced non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) receiving gefitinib 250 mg once daily past 1 month. Patient had received six cycles of chemotherapy and was not taking any other medication.
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