The Hong Kong Practitioner

Clinical Quiz	*The Hong Kong Practitioner* VOLUME 28 / July 2006

A woman presenting with a slightly tender lesion on her foot
Kuen-kong Lo 盧乾剛

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 23 August, 2006. Each reader is allowed to submit one entry only. The name of the winner and the answer will be published in the August issue.

Clinical history:

A 37-year old clerk complained of a lesion on her left foot in the past eight weeks. It caused her some discomfort in walking and it seemed to worsen in the past two weeks. She could not recall any injury to the affected part and she enjoyed good health all along. She had not applied and tried anything on the lesion. On examination, a firm and hyperkeratotic lesion was found on her left sole and was slightly tender to palpation.

The slide and the question were prepared by:
Dr Kuen-kong Lo, FRCP (Edin, Glas), FHKCP, FHKAM(Med)
Consultant Dermatologist-in-Charge,
Social Hygiene Service, PHSB, CHP, DH.