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Congenital enlargement of one or several digits of the hands or feet (macrodactyly) is a rare disorder. A considerable proportion of the patients with this condition are referred to dermatology departments. The majority of the cases reported in the literature represent hamartomas with combined hypertrophy of several, predominantly lipomatous, soft tissue components and overgrowth of bone. The differential diagnosis includes Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome, neurofibromatosis, Milroy disease, and Proteus syndrome. We describe eight cases of congenital macrodactyly, discuss the findings, and propose a simple clinicopathologic terminology.

A pediatric case of relapsing polychondritis is reported. Diagnostic features were recurrent episodes of painful inflammation of ear cartilage, episcleritis, and atopic disease. A good therapeutic response was obtained with systemic corticosteroids, dapsone, and methotrexate.

Erythema multiforme is an inflammatory disorder of the skin that usually fades without sequelae. It is well known that after inflammatory events, hyper- or hypochromic spots can remain, especially in skin types III-VI, but achromia is very rare. We report a case of residual leukoderma after erythema multiforme.