Lucent Cracks of Heavens: Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Stars and an “Etrurian Poet” The paper tries to display the links between a catalogue metaphors contained in Sarbiewski’s handbook entitled Characteres lyrici, seu Horatius et Pindarus Giambattista Marino’s Canzone delle stelle. Based upon his college lectures (Połock 1626/1627), work offers practical rules for composition lyrical poetry so...

La maladie de Hoffman ou perifolliculitis capitis abscedens et suffodiens dite cellulite disséquante du cuir chevelu est une cause rare d'alopécie cicatricielle, faisant partie des folliculites décalvantes. Il s'agit d'une suppuration profonde chronique, non infectieuse, dont l'étiologie est inconnue atteignant préférentiellement les hommes entre 20 et 40 ans, noirs dans 80% des cas. Les lésion...

In 1987, Chamot et al attempted to unify the various descriptions of osteoarticular disease associated with skin manifestations into a syndrome with the acronym SAPHO: synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis, and osteitis (Chamot et al., 1987). Furthermore, the clinical feature of aseptic chronic recurrent multiple osteomyelitis (CRMO) accompanied by pustulosis with its typical presentation i...

INTRODUCTION Treatment of the severe forms of acne vulgaris remains a challenge. Isotretinoin is a drug often used in these cases. Retinoids affect the mechanisms that play a role in the pathogenesis of acne, reduce the production of sebum and sizes of the sebaceous glands. However, isotretinoin appears to have undesirable side effects in the skin, mucous membranes and hair. AIM THE AIM OF TH...

19 19 QUESTIONS • CHALLENGES • CONTROVERSIES Dapsone, first developed in 1908, was initially intended for oral treatment of infectious diseases; however, dapsone was later shown to have potent anti-inflammatory properties. The anti-inflammatory mechanisms of dapsone appear to be separate from its antibacterial properties. Oral dapsone has been shown to be efficacious for dermatoses with neutrop...

Sir, We read with great interest the recent letter by Sadjadi & Moshir (1) concerning the treatment of acne vulgaris with colchicine. The authors reported an improvement in all 22 selected patients after 2 months of administration of a daily dose of 1 mg of colchicine. The effectiveness of the drug was more evident in the patients with severe acne vulgaris. They recommended this drug as a possi...

Granuloma Annulare is an flammatory bening skin disease that may manifest different clinical features.the most common presentation or classic form of the disease is fleshcolor,annulare,grouped papules,disseminated forms are rare and responses to treatments are vnot satisfactory.various treatment modalities have been used for this disorder and different responses to treatments have been reported...