Review Article Current understanding on venous leg ulcer U Alok*, P Bhardwaj, A Singh, JJ Cherian TATA Consultancies Services, Regulatory Medical Writing, Wellspring, Vikhroli, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Quintiles Research India Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore, Karnataka, India Bharati Vidyapeeth University Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India Government Medical College, Department of Pharmacology, Th...

Dear Editors, Eccrine porocarcinoma (EPC) is a rare, malignant skin tumour arising from the ductal portion of eccrine sweat glands and was first described by Pinkus and Mehregan in 1963 (1). With a 20% rate of local recurrence and the potential to metastasize in regional lymph nodes in another 20% of cases (2), EPC often takes an aggressive clinical course (3). Organ spreading is only found occ...

Damage to the supporting structures, disruption of the cementing substance binding the nail plate to the surrounding structures or formation of granular layer, which is otherwise absent in a normal nail bed and nail matrix, will produce onycholysis. Trauma from physical factors, manicuring, foreign body implantation or chemicals like solvents, various nail cosmetics and immersion in alkaline so...

A thalassaemic ulcer in a male Greek Cypriot patient, resistant to standard medical treatment, was treated using hyperbaric oxygen in a recompression chamber. The patient breathed 100% oxygen by face mask whilst the chamber was compressed with air to a pressure of 2.5 atmospheres absolute. The ulcer became fully epithelialised within three weeks of starting treatment.

Introduction Managing venous leg ulcers presents challenges to the individuals who live with them and the healthcare providers participating in their care. Adding to the burden of every venous leg ulcer is the risk that it will recur after it has healed, an outcome which represents personal, social, financial and psychological costs to the individual and further economic burden to healthcare pr...

Six hundred patients with chronic leg ulcers were studied by detailed history and examination as part of a population survey. In 22% ulceration began before the age of 40, and in this group the sex incidence was equal. Over age 40 there was an increasing preponderance of women. Ulcers were significantly more common in the left leg in women but not in men. The site of 26% of ulcers did not inclu...

In Brazil, leprosy is a widespread infectious and contagious disease. Clinicians and specialists view leprosy broadly as a systemic infection, since, in its manifestations, it mimics many conditions, such as rheumatic, vascular, ENT, neurological and dermatological diseases. There are few studies that characterize the factors associated with ulcers in leprosy. These injuries should be prevented...