Senile keratotic patches and topical vitamin A.

Effects of vitamin and hormone treatment on senile patients.

Introduction THE changes brought about in mental and physical functions by ageing have been described by Korenchevsky (1942), in an article which points out the similarity between these senile symptoms and those resulting from vitamin deficiency and from deficiencies in the thyroid, adrenal, and sex glands. While treatment with vitamins and hormones has been shown to produce striking improvemen...

Topical Reviews Vitamin Supplementation and Stroke Prevention

It is said that we are what we eat. It is advertised that vitamin supplements, of one kind or another, may invigorate us, our lives, and our health. Advertising has been so effective that in the year 2000, more than half of the adult population in the United States was taking dietary vitamin supplements.1 This review examines the evidence linking vitamin supplementation with the incidence and p...

Reducing children's injection pain: lidocaine patches versus topical benzocaine gel.

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of lidocaine patches and topical anesthetic gel in reducing injection pain in children. METHODS Thirty-two children received bilateral greater palatine injections of 0.2 cc of 2% lidocaine with 1:100,000 epinephrine at the same visit. Injections followed a 15 minute application of DentiPatch (20% lidocaine) or a 1 minute appli...

Verrucous-Keratotic Malignant Melanoma (VKMM)

We report a patient with a verrucous keratotic variant of melanoma visiting the policlinic of Medical Institute of Ministry of Interior (MVR-Sofia), Department of Dermatology and Dermatologic surgery, with a keratotic verrucous lesion, located on the right thigh, partially deeply pigmented at upper right quadrant. The lesion had appeared three years ago before her presentation in the policlinic...

Silvery and Keratotic Plaque on the Glans Penis: A Quiz.