Skin-directed therapies are used for early-stage mycosis fungoides, and include topical corticosteroids, carmustine, and nitrogen mustard, psoralen with UV-A (PUVA) photochemotherapy and, more recently, narrowband UV-B phototherapy.1-4 We performed a retrospective study of patients with early-stage (IA and IIB) mycosis fungoides who were treated with narrowband UV-B in the Dermatology Departmen...

Sir, Dermatitis of the feet can be difficult to treat. Therapyresistant foot dermatitis is not limited to a particular type of dermatitis; it is encountered in allergic contact eczema, atopic eczema and endogenous forms. The key principle in the management of allergic contact dermatitis is avoidance of the relevant allergen; for example, chromate or rubber substances in the shoes. However, wear...

Treatment of severe chronic hand eczema (CHE) resistant to topical treatment with potent corticosteroids is challenging; in 2013 the Health Technology Assessment Programme released a commissioned call to investigate the most effective treatment for this disease with Alitretinoin specified as the active intervention to evaluate. Existing evidence on systemic treatment options with special focus ...

Biologics are becoming first-line therapies as systemic treatments for psoriasis. Although these highly effective, patients unable to take them medical or financial reasons may be considered phototherapy. We have initiated photochemotherapy with bathwater delivery of psoralen plus UVA (bath-PUVA) since 1998 and collected the data 229 (180 males 49 females) treated bath-PUVA from 2004 up Septemb...