[On the progress of Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas].

[Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas 1909-2009. The Legacy].

[History of Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas, part I: 1909-1959].

Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas was born in May 1909. At first, issues appeared in step with the academic year, but publication began to follow the calendar year in 1957. Volume 18 was skipped in 1926-7 in an effort to correct confusion in the numbering of volumes and pages of earlier issues. October 1928 saw the journal grow from 6 issues per year to 9. Although the Spanish Civil War brought publi...

Professor Joaquín Piñol Aguadé: An Important Figure in Dermatology.

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Professor Joaquín Piñol Aguadé’s birth, we take great satisfaction in recalling his first contribution to a meeting of the Catalan section of the Spanish Academy of Dermatology and Syphilology on January 27, 1944. He described a patient with erythema multiforme associated with rectal lymphogranulomatosis that was successfully treated with sulfonamides...

[Dermatitis Caused by Hair Dye (Quinone Produced by the Action of Aqueous Hydrogen Peroxide on p-Phenylenediamine Hydrochloride), by Juan de Azúa].

In the first issue of Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas, Juan de Azúa published a magnificent article on contact dermatitis caused by hair dyes, which reflects his profound knowledge of allergy and how the skin responds to chemical stimuli. It gives a brilliant description of irritative and allergic dermatitis, although without naming the allergic form explicitly. Of note is how he is concerned about...

[Past, present, and future of propranolol for hemangiomas of infancy].

Hemangiomas of infancy are the most common vascular tumors of childhood, affecting 10% of newborns, especially females. Hemangiomas are biologically unique, and unlike other proliferative lesions, they tend to regress and resolve spontaneously through mechanisms involving intracellular events or signals that are still only partially understood. In many cases, a wait-and-see approach is therefor...