Skin deep: Cutaneous manifestation of PIP implant rupture

An unusual cutaneous manifestation of ulcerative colitis: thrombotic skin gangrene.

Ulcerative colitis has a number of associated skin lesions. We report the case of a patient with active ulcerative disease presenting with rapidly progressive necrotic skin lesions, identified as thrombotic and requiring skin grafting. Thrombotic cutaneous gangrene is a rare but potentially serious manifestation of uncontrolled ulcerative colitis.

Cutaneous thermal hyperemia: more than skin deep.

HUMAN SKIN is an amazingly complex circulation that lends itself to pharmacological studies due to the ease of access with limited invasiveness. Because of this, a growing body of literature has been directed toward a better understanding of the mechanisms behind regulation of cutaneous vascular tone. New information that helps to unravel mysteries of the skin brings much excitement to those of...

Cutaneous manifestation of internal disease.

Skin deep: enhanced sleep depth by cutaneous temperature manipulation.

With ageing, an increasingly disturbed sleep is reported as a significant complaint affecting the health and well-being of many people. The available treatments for sleep disturbance have their limitations, so we have adopted a different approach to the improvement of sleep. Since in animal and human studies skin warming has been found to increase neuronal activity in brain areas that are criti...

Unusual manifestation of cutaneous Leishmaniasis in a renal transplant recipient

Cutaneous leishmaniasis may present as unusual manifestations in renal transplant patients receiving immunosuppressive therapy. This misleading presentation, may delay the diagnosis and treatment. Moreover special caution must be taken in renal transplant recipients because of possible interactions between antimony compounds and cyclosporine metabolites. We report a 45-year old man with 5 years...