European National Calculation Methods (NCM), such as the UK Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP), are used to make standardised and simplified assessments of building energy performance. These NCMs contain simplifications to aid ease of use and comparability of resulting Energy Performance Certificates (EPC). By comparing SAP with a modern, dynamic modelling system, this study quantifies interna...

We report phakomatosis pigmentovascularis (PPV) detected in a 40yearold male characterized by the presence of a port-wine stain in the background of aberrant Mongolian spots covering the back, nevus of Ota, ocular melanosis, epidermal nevus and a scaly patch with the diagnosis of discoid lupus erytematosus. These associations have not been reported yet.

Abstract Background Melanosis of the bladder is a rare condition characterized by multifocal, diffuse melanin pigmentation urothelial mucosa or lamina propria without any proliferation melanocytes. Less than 25 cases have been reported so far which only four patients had concurrent carcinoma. Case presentation We are reporting case melanosis in 58-year-old female associated with pTaG1 transitio...

BACKGROUND Treatment of giant melanocytic nevi (GMN) remains a multidisciplinary challenge. We present analysis of diagnostics, treatment, and follow- up in children with GMN to establish obligatory procedures in these patients. MATERIAL/METHODS In 24 children with GMN, we analyzed: localization, main nevus diameter, satellite nevi, brain MRI, catecholamines concentrations in 24-h urine colle...

On 9 November 2004 the Round Table Conference on Medical Care Management of Patients with Neurocutaneous Syndromes was held in Warsaw. The Conference was organised by the Polish Neurocutaneous Syndromes Clinics Initiating Group and the Children’s Memorial Health Institute in Warsaw. The heads of the departments involved in the treatment of patients with phakomatoses and delegates of the Polish ...

Neurocutaneous melanosis (NM) coexisting with the Dandy-Walker complex (DWC) is a rare condition, with fewer than 15 cases reported in the literature. The authors present a case of an infant with NM and DWC suffering from progressive brainstem compression following ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt placement for hydrocephalus. This 1-year-old boy with congenital melanocytic nevi had met normal de...

PURPOSE To describe the clinical and histopathological features of a 61-year-old male with a history of eczema, asthma and schizophrenia on long-term chlorpromazine medication, who developed a unilateral limbal tumour in association with bilateral melanosis. PROCEDURES The patient was referred for a routine cataract assessment, and an incidental pink gelatinous limbal lesion was detected on t...

BACKGROUND The dermoscopic features of vulvar melanosis lesions are well known. To our knowledge, there are only a few case reports about dermoscopic features of pigmented genital lesions in male patients. OBJECTIVE To evaluate dermoscopic and clinical characteristics of benign lesions of the genital area in both males and females, and to assess the distinguishing dermoscopic criteria of vulv...