BACKGROUND Lacquer contains an allergen, which can cause severe contact dermatitis. Systemic dermatitis resulting from the ingestion of lacquer is quite common in Korea, until now. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study is to elucidate the clinical features and laboratory findings of systemic contact dermatitis (SCD), due to the ingestion of lacquer in Chungcheongnam-do. METHODS We retrospecti...

VIDAL (1886) first described cataract in young patients subject to attacks of pruritis followed by lichenification and associated with asthma. Andogsky (1914) described four cases of unclassified skin disease with cataract as 'dermatogenous cataract', and Kugelberg (1934) used the term 'syndermatotic juvenile cataract'. Brunsting (1936) reported ten cases of atopic dermatitis with juvenile cata...

Netherton syndrome (NS) is a severe genetic skin disease in which absence of a key protease inhibitor causes congenital exfoliative erythroderma, eczematous-like lesions, and atopic manifestations. Several proteases are overactive in NS, including kallikrein-related peptidase (KLK) 5, KLK7, and elastase-2 (ELA2), which are suggested to be part of a proteolytic cascade initiated by KLK5. To addr...

OBJECTIVE To explore the immunological mechanism of exfoliative tongue fur in children with asthma. METHODS Thirty-nine children with asthma, twenty-eight children with repetitive respiratory tract infection (non-asthma) and eleven healthy children were divided into five groups, which were asthma with exfoliative fur or with non-exfoliative fur groups, non-asthma with exfoliative fur or with ...

An 86-year-old man developed a suspected severe erythroderma during treatment with silodosin (dosage unknown) for benign prostatic enlargement. Two weeks after starting silodosin, he developed a total-body scaling dermatitis. A biopsy was planned but the patient improved at his subsequent visit and it was not taken. Silodosin was discontinued and the patient received UVB phototherapy, clobetaso...

In the management of patients with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL), there are numerous distinct therapy options. Each of these therapies is discussed in terms of when to use it, what factors limit the success of the treatment, and what to expect. A menu is defined as a list of items from which to choose. The treatments for CTCL are presented in various menus where they are options for a partic...