Many advances in dermatology have been made in recent years. In the present review article, newly described disorders from the last six years are presented in detail. We divided these reports into different sections, including syndromes, autoinflammatory diseases, tumors, and unclassified disease. Syndromes included are "circumferential skin creases Kunze type" and "unusual type of pachyonychia...

Disclosure: Thomas Bieber has received sponsorship from La Roche-Posay, Galderma, Bioderma, Novartis, Regeneron, Pfizer, Celgene, Anacor, and Chugai. Brigitte Dréno has received sponsorship from Galderma, Meda, La Roche-Posay, Fabre, Bioderma, GSK, Roche, and BMS. Sophie Seité is an employee of La Roche-Posay Dermatological Laboratories (Asnières, France). Acknowledgements: Writing assistance w...

Psychiatric morbidity is frequent in patients with psoriasis. We compared the effectiveness of dermatological vs. interdisciplinary dermatological and psychiatric care for psoriasis. Adults with moderate-to-severe psoriasis were randomly allocated to dermatological (n = 24) or interdisciplinary care (n = 23) and treated accordingly. Primary endpoint was the mean change in Dermatology Life Quali...

INTRODUCTION Urea is an organic compound that has been used clinically for dermatological diseases for more than a century. Urea is a potent emollient and keratolytic agent, making urea an effective monotherapy for conditions associated with dry and scaly skin. A systematic review of the literature is needed to provide clinicians with evidence-based applications of urea in the treatment of derm...

OBJECTIVE To analyse the leprosy epidemiological trends and the diagnostic delay in newly detected cases between 1990 and 2004 in Wuhan. METHODS We reviewed the clinical records of all 80 leprosy patients who were referred to the Wuhan Institute of Dermatology and Venerology (WHIDV) during 1990 and 2004, and the clinical information of diagnosis-delayed cases was analysed. RESULTS Patients ...

The main objective of this review article is to increase the awareness regarding Vihara (Ayurvedic lifestyle) in the prevention and management of dermatological disorders and to discuss its impact on physical, mental as well as social health of an individual. The authentic subject material has been reviewed from Ayurveda and modern medical literature. Concerned articles were reviewed from diffe...

After the leprosy control programme in Shandong Province, China, had declared elimination in 1994, it was no longer cost effective to rely on rapid surveys, population surveys and contact tracing for case detection, and since then most new cases have been diagnosed by the dermatological services. The dermatological services will continue to play an important role in diagnosis of the few inciden...

Dermatological malignancies are among the most common form of cancers and the global incidence has been increasing at an alarming rate. A retrospective study was conducted to determine the prevalence, histopathological pattern, anatomical distribution and treatment outcome of dermatological malignancies at Bugando Medical Centre in North-western Tanzania. Data were collected from patients' file...