Further Observations upon "Dermal Leishmanoid"

A New Form of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis—Dermal Leishmanoid

A Rare Case of Dermal Leishmanoid *Read at a meeting of the medical section of the Asiatic Society Bengal in April 16th, 1928.

(1) An early de-pigmented stage. (2) A later nodular stage. (3) A xanthoma-type of the disease in which there is a tendency towards fibrous tissue formation, and constriction of venules and subsequent dilatation. It is stated by these authors that the nodules appear in the place of de-pigmented patches. Generally speaking, cases of dermal leishmanoid come for treatment when both the nodules and...

A Case of Probable Dermal Leishmaniasis

ment there was no appreciable change in his condition. At this stage my attention was drawn to the case of ' dermatitis exfoliata ' cured by injections of urea-stibamine, reported by Dr. Norrie in the Indian Medical Gazette for March, 1927, p. 142; and to an article on dermal leishmanoid by Dr. B. M. Das Gupta in the April 1927 number of the same journal, p. 199. I accordingly changed the treat...

Porokeratotic eccrine ostial and dermal duct nevus (PEODDN): A case report

Porokeratotic Eccrine Ostial and Dermal Duct Nevus (PEODDN) is a rare disorder of keratinization that clinically resembles comedo nevus but occurs on the palms and soles and is characterized by cornoid lamella in the histopathology. We hereunder report a young male with mildly itchy papules on the lateral surface of the left foot who was diagnosed with PEODDN upon biopsy of the lesion. We brief...

The influence of water and light upon the pigmentary system in the common frog Rana temporaria.

Many factors, both internal and external, influence the chromatic changes of coldblooded vertebrates, and of these, three external variables are recognized as significant—light, heat and moisture. The frog can change its colour, from brown or black through intermediate tints to pale lemon, by changing the contraction and expansion of three types of chromatophores—the epidermal and dermal melano...