Extensive scleredema adultorum with loss of eccrine glands

Scleredema adultorum of Buschke treated with radiation.

BACKGROUND Scleredema adultorum of Buschke is an uncommon skin condition that may accompany diabetes mellitus. Current therapeutic options are poor, with only case reports and small series supporting their use. OBSERVATION We describe 3 patients with severe restrictive scleredema associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus who responded to radiation therapy after other treatments had failed. Ang...

Scleredema adultorum of Buschke: with unusual manifestations in a young female.

503 Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology, and Leprology | July-August 2012 | Vol 78 | Issue 4 clinically characterized by combination of pityriasis versicolor (PV)-like hypopigmented lesions, verruca plana-like lesions and seborrhoeic keratosis-like verrucous plaques. These PV-like lesions, especially in sun exposed areas, have higher risk of developing squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Thes...

Secretion of eccrine sweat glands during exercise.

The normal human eccrine and apocrine glands.

Preliminary to a study of benign appendageal tumors of the skin, the results of which will be published separately, the following study of normal apocrine and eccrine glands was undertaken. The use of the periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) and Alcian Blue (AB) stains separately on tissue sections and the clarification of the two color reactions of the PAS stain by Alcian Blue (1) has lead to a better h...

Porokeratotic eccrine ostial and dermal duct nevus with extensive linear distribution: a case report

Porokeratotic eccrine ostial and dermal duct nevus (PEODDN) is known as an uncommon disorder of keratinization in which acrosyringium is involved; however, its causes have yet remained unknown. It is presented clinically by discrete keratotic papules on distal extremities arranged in a linear pattern along Blaschko lines. Histopathologically, it is characterized by cornoid lamella, which is alm...