Discussion |Threemuscles, thecircularorbicularis oris, depressor labii inferioris, andmentalis align the labiomental fold or cross it as they pass to their insertion.2 The fibers of the 3 muscles are attached to the skin by thick bands of fibroelastic fibers. Thementalismuscles originate from themandible and serve as paired elevators of the central lower lip.3 They usually overlap and insert in...

OBJECTIVE To establish the unique and common clinical and microscopic characteristics of the alopecias associated with vitamin D-dependent rickets (VDDR) type IIA and with hairless gene mutations. DESIGN A comparative clinical, histologic, and immunohistochemical study of the alopecias in 6 patients with VDDR IIA and 4 patients with atrichia with papular lesions (APL) and/or alopecia universa...

during CAPD measured with intraperitoneal dextran 70. ASAIO Trans 1991; 37: 662–667 34. Van Biesen W, Carlsson O, Bergia R et al. Personal dialysis capacity (PDC(TM)) test: a multicentre clinical study. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2003; 18: 788–796 35. Van Biesen W, Van der Tol A, Veys N et al. The personal dialysis capacity test is superior to the peritoneal equilibration test to discriminate infl...

A 55-year-old white man presented with a 2-month history of painful blisters. Tense bullae, erosions and haemorrhagic crusts were distributed on both arms, both legs and the trunk. Nikolsky’s sign was negative. A biopsy specimen from perilesional skin showed haemorrhagic spongiosis of the epidermis, discontinuous subepidermal split formation and a super® cial perivascular in® ltrate composed pr...

522 Ann Dermatol Received November 15, 2012, Revised January 25, 2013, Accepted for publication January 28, 2013 Corresponding author: Hans Jürgen Hoffmann, Allergy Center for West Denmark, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Health: Aarhus University, Building 2b, Nørrebrogade 44, DK 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark. Tel: 45-78462107, Fax: 45-78462110, E-mail: hans.jurgen.hoffmann @ki.au.dk This is an Ope...

We present to you, case of a 10-year-old female with h/o redness, watering since 8 months. Her vision was 20/30 in right eye and 20/70 in left eye. Conjunctiva had plenty of purulent discharge and palpebral conjunctiva was studded with membranous lesions. She was found to have multiple hyperpigmented papulopustular lesions over face, palms and legs. She was started with topical moxifloxacin and...

We report the first record of Torilis pseudonodosa Bianca (Apiaceae) from Ukraine. It was found on 28th May 2021 in “Potiivska” section Black Sea Biosphere Reserve near village Zaliznyi Port (Southern Ukraine). previously known various countries Mediterranean Basin and Western Asia, but not Ukraine nor elsewhere Eastern Europe. discovered a hitherto unknown population during 15th EDGG Field Wor...

Discussion |Threemuscles, thecircularorbicularis oris, depressor labii inferioris, andmentalis align the labiomental fold or cross it as they pass to their insertion.2 The fibers of the 3 muscles are attached to the skin by thick bands of fibroelastic fibers. Thementalismuscles originate from themandible and serve as paired elevators of the central lower lip.3 They usually overlap and insert in...

Filippo G. Aloi, C.F. Tomasini, Department of Dermatology, University of Turin, Via Cherasco 23, I-10126 Turin (Italy) Sir, We have read with great interest the letter by Requena et al. about our paper ‘Hair Shafts in Epidermoid Cysts’ [1] and agree with them that there are many difficulties in making a histologic differential diagnosis between milia and comedones. In all our cases, the histori...

F Allegue, C Fachal, M Romo, MI López-Miragaya, and S Pérez Secciones de Dermatología, Anatomía Patológica, Hematología, and Microbiología, Hospital do Meixoeiro-CHUVI, Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain These tumors show a normal analytical profile, although 1 incidental case with elevated carcinoembryonic antigen has been published.7 Pathology studies have shown an epithelial growth in the upper half of...