Umbilical cord blood transplantation can cure pruritic eczematous eruption in a hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia with immunodeficiency patient Satoko Minakawa, MD, PhD, Department of Dermatology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan; Daisuke Sawamura, MD, PhD, Department of Dermatology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan...

A 62-year-old male carpenter working as a parquet floor fitter, with no previous skin disease, presented with an outbreak of itchy, erythematous and scaly lesions on the back of the hands, neck, cheeks, and forehead. He had experienced a similar episode 1month earlier. On both occasions, the patient had beenworking 48h earlier with an unusual parquet wood imported from Brazil, named garapia. Th...

Contact dermatitis is one of the most common reasons for consultation in dermatology. However, general dermatologists do not always appreciate the importance of patch testing. These tests should ideally be performed in specialist skin allergy units, most importantly in cases suggestive of contact dermatitis, severe acute dermatitis, chronic persistent dermatitis, and dermatitis affecting the ey...

A number of scientific reports have been published on patch tests with protein allergens performed on patients with atopic eczema (AE). Evaluation of eczematous skin lesions with an atopy patch test (APT) can be used as a diagnostic tool in characterizing patients with aeroallergen- and food-triggered AE. Indications for testing with APT, choice of allergens (aeroallergens and foods), test mate...

A 29-year-old woman developed a severe eczematous reaction to her SPF25 moisturizer during the summer. She had used the product for a number of days prior to developing the reaction on her cheeks and upper neck on the day after application. The reaction resolved after 7 days. She had no personal or family history of atopy, and she was otherwise fit and well and on no medication. She had no hist...

BACKGROUND Highly variable results of topical diphenylcyclopropenone (DPCP) in the treatment of alopecia areata have been reported so far. The purposes of the present study were to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of DPCP treatment in severe alopecia areata. METHODS Twenty-eight patients (16 female and 12 male, 10-35 years old, mean age 25 years) with extensive alopecia areata were enro...