Clinical Quiz
The Hong Kong Practitioner VOLUME 27 / February 2005

A lady presenting with a mildly painful rash over her sole
K K Lo ¿c°®­è


A monthly clinical quiz is published in The Hong Kong Practitioner. Readers are invited to participate and a prize draw, sponsored by Pfizer Corporation Hong Kong Limited, will be undertaken among the successful entries each month. For entry into the draw, simply answer the question, fill in the reply slip and return it to the College by 11 March, 2005. Each reader is allowed to submit one entry only. The name of the winner and the answer will be published in the March issue.

Clinical history:

This is the right sole of a 34 year-old lady. She complains of some mild pain over the sole for the past two months. She noted that there was a skin rash which thickened and was enlarging gradually. She has tried to pare herself to remove the skin rash without success.
The slide and the question were prepared by:
Dr K K Lo,
FRCP, FHKAM(Med)
Consultant Dermatologist-in-Charge,
Social Hygiene Service, Department of Health.

What is your diagnosis?

A. Malignant melanoma
B. Plantar corn
C. Mosaic wart
D. Black heel

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