Nits that don’t itch

Adult Onset Hair Casts: Nits Which Do Not Itch!

Hair casts (HCs) are thin, elongated, firm, whitish cylindrical concretions which ensheath the hair shaft and can be easily dislodge. They are of two different types: peripilar and parakeratotic keratin cast. Due to its clinical resemblance to pediculosis capitis, the entity is also known as pseudonits. Al though not unusual, false diagnoses are common, and thus, it is very important to correct...

Peripilar keratin cysts or pseudonits: When nits are not nits!

A 19 yr old girl presented to the Dermatology Outpatient Clinic of Dr. R. P. Government Medical College, Kangra (Tanda), Himachal Pradesh, India, in April 2015, with whitish cylindrical nits-like structures of variable sizes encircling scalp hair shafts (Fig. 1) for the past 5-6 months. Their removal by washing or combing and treatments for pediculosis was unsuccessful. She did not have seborrh...

Lumps, bumps, and things that go itch in your office!

An Evaluation of National Institutes of Technology (NITs) Library Websites

Advent of internet technologies specially, website is considered as a most efficient medium to catch and disseminate diverse kind of information, thus, every institution has its own website and is using this medium for imparting variety of information to the targeted users. This study aims to evaluate and analyse the services, facilities and other information available on the library websites o...

New aspects of itch pathophysiology: component analysis of atopic itch using the 'Eppendorf Itch Questionnaire'.

Itch represents a leading symptom in dermatological practice with many psychophysiological aspects. Instruments for qualitative registration of these central nervous factors and evaluation of therapeutic measures are still missing. We analyzed in detail the subjective itch sensation in 108 patients with acute atopic eczema with a new questionnaire developed in analogy to the McGill pain questio...