Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and atopic dermatitis (AD) are both immune-related disorders that can lead to significant physical complications. There have been some reports about the coexistence or association of two diseases. In cases concurrence SLE AD, patients may need more comprehensive treatment strategies for proper control disease activities. Moreover, trauma such as excoriation ag...

Treatment of vitiligo can sometimes be difficult and disappointing. PUVA treatments give fairly good results. However, acral regions like the hands or feet or areas over bony prominences like the elbow, are resistant to PUVA. Blister-induced epidermal grafts have been used to repigment vitiligo skin. This study was carried out on patients with vitiligo areas unresponsive to either PUVA treatmen...

BACKGROUND Vitiligo is a chronic disease characterized by the appearance of achromic macules caused by melanocyte destruction. Surgical treatments with melanocyte transplantation can be used for stable vitiligo cases. OBJECTIVES To evaluate treatment response to the autologous transplantation of noncultured epidermal cell suspension in patients with stable vitiligo. METHODS Case series stud...

Background. There are limited epidemiological studies evaluating the effect of age at onset on disease features in vitiligo. Objectives. To identify factors associated with adult onset vitiligo in comparison with childhood onset vitiligo. Patients and Methods. We retrospectively collected medical records of 191 patients. Such records included clinical examination, personal and familial medical ...

Background: Pruritus is the most commonly occurring subjective symptom of dermatological disease. Published data on both prevalence and intensity of pruritus in psoriasis is limited. Objective: In this study we aimed to investigate the prevalence of pruritus and its relation with psoriasis area severity index, body mass index and presence of systemic disease in patients with psoriasis. Meth...

Lichen sclerosus (LS) is a benign, chronic, inflammatory dermatosis that mainly affects the genitalia and is characterized by pearly-white papules. Its etiology is still unknown; however, genetic factors and autoimmunity have been implicated. It may occur in all age groups and is more prevalent in females than males, with a ratio of 10: 1. LS shows bimodal distribution with a peak incidence in ...

A 23-year-old immune-competent man attended to our dermatology unit complaining asymptomatic pearled papules over a previous black tattoo performed over his right abdominal flank. Past medical history was unremarkable. Physical examination showed several umbilicated skin-coloured papules on the tattooed skin and the surrounding skin. Serology results for syphilis, hepatitis B and C, and HIV wer...

Sir, Granuloma annulare (GA), a granulomatous disease of unknown aetiology, is characterized by small papules that are often fused into annular arrangements. Several variants are known: localized GA, generalized GA, subcutaneous GA, perforating GA and arcuate dermal erythema. Localized GA is the most common of the subtypes; 9 – 15% are afflicted with the generalized variant. The other subtypes ...