BACKGROUND Chronic exposure to arsenic is associated with skin lesions. However, it is not known whether reducing arsenic exposure will improve skin lesions. OBJECTIVE We evaluated the association between reduced arsenic exposures and skin lesion recovery over time. METHODS A follow-up study of 550 individuals was conducted in 2009-2011 on a baseline population of skin lesion cases (n = 900...

Background: T cell activation is discussed as an important factor in the pathogenesis of psoriasis. Recently, a lot of attention has been paid to the role of superantigens in T cell activation in the pathogenesis of psoriasis. In this study, the role of staphylococcal superantigens in the pathogenesis of psoriasis with identification of staphylococcal toxin levels in the skin lesions of p...

Fifty patients with Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa (DEB) underwent surgery including release of limb, oral, anal, eye and penile contractures and treatment of chronic skin ulceration or skin tumours. Correction of contractures involves extensive release of skin and underlying tissues, with split skin grafting of secondary defects. Specific regions are discussed. Recurrence is inevitable due t...

We describe the clinical and biological features of ten patients with a survival superior to ten years (long survival), out of 175 patients diagnosed with Adult T-cell Leukemia/Lymphoma (ATL) in Martinique (1983-2013). There were 5 lymphoma and 5 chronic subtypes. Five of them (3 chronic, 2 lymphoma) had been treated with valproic acid (VA) for neurological disorders developed before or after A...

A woman aged 23 years, with no past medical history of interest, was seen for the appearance a week earlier of pruritic skin lesions in the area of a tattoo created on the dorsum of her right foot 6 months earlier (Fig. 1). The patient denied taking any new medication or applying any topical products. There were no lesions on the rest of her skin or mucosas or lesions of the skin appendages. De...

basal cell carcinoma (bcc) is the most common cancer of the skin. definite diagnosis usually requires histological examination but recently it has been suggested that cytological examination of skin smear can be used as an alternative. to evaluate sensitivity and specificity of cytological examination, a total of 125 skin lesions, clinically suspected to be bcc were studied. cytological samples...

Lichen sclerosus et atrophicus (LSA), also called Lichen sclerosus (LS) is a chronic, benign, depigmenting disease of the skin and mucous membranes, most frequently affecting genital mucosa and skin. Involvement of the oral mucosa without concurrent genital or skin lesions has very rarely been reported in the literature. Here we report on two Chinese women with LSA limited to the dorsum of the ...

BACKGROUND Although mild early cutaneous transient reactions to vaccinations are common, late-onset chronic lesions have been scarcely reported. We report herein a series of 9 patients presenting with cutaneous and subcutaneous pseudolymphoma. OBSERVATIONS Nine patients presenting with late-onset, chronic skin lesions occurring at the site of antihepatitis B (8 cases) and antihepatitis A (one...

Hidradenitis suppurativa is a chronic debilitating disorder of the skin manifested by recurrent, painful, inflammatory, subcutaneous nodules. The lesions occur most commonly in the apocrine-gland-bearing skin sites such as the axillae and inguinal regions; they cause scarring and disfigurement from the formation of multiple abscesses and fistulous tracts within the skin. We report the radiologi...

OBJECTIVE To identify doctor and patient characteristics associated with excision of benign versus malignant pigmented skin lesions. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Retrospective audit of data on 4741 pigmented skin lesions excised from November 1998 to February 2000 by 468 general practitioners (39% response rate) from 223 practices in Perth, WA. (The data used were from the baseline period...