The Pacific Dermatologic Association was founded in 1948 for educational and
scientifc purposes and to provide opportunities for the exchange of information and
advancement of dermatological knowledge among physicians.

Membership is drawn from physicians practicing in the states of Alaska, Arizona,
California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New
Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington
and Wyoming together with physicians in Mexico, Alberta and British Columbia,
Canada along with the Pacific Rim countries including but not limited to Australia,
China, Japan, New Zealand, Malaysia, the Philippines, North and South Korea,
Singapore, Taiwan and Vietnam.

63rd Annual Meeting of the Pacific
Dermatologic Association
August 10-14, 2011
Coeur d' Alene Resort
Coeur d' Alene, Idaho

RESIDENT CASE PRESENTATION:
ARNOLD W. GUREVITCH AWARD RECIPIENT
by Caroline Piggott, MD

Caught at the Border: Five Prisoners and the Dermatologic Surprises Found Beneath their Uniforms

Over a three day period, I was called to see five different prisoners in the emergency room and/or inpatient wards of UCSD Medical Center, all with similar and unusual dermatologic findings. The five patients were Somalian men in their mid-twenties, otherwise healthy who had been arrested together as they tried to cross the U.S./Mexico border illegally. During their medical evaluations in prison, each was noted to have a large, ulcerative mass. Locations for the masses included the hand, leg, foot and earlobe.