One hundred hospitalized diabetics were examined for the presence of cutaneous manifestations. Sixty eight of them had dermatoses associated with diabetes or its therapy. Six of them presented with skin complaints at admission. The incidence of various dermatoses was comparable with other published works except that there was a relatively high incidence of hypermelanosis (8%) and an absence of ...

Actinic prurigo is a rare disease occurring mainly in individuals of American Indian origin and those living in high altitudes. Skin lesions consist of pruritic popular or nodular excoriated lesions mainly affecting exposed skin but covered skin is also involved in up to 50% of patients. This is the first case report of an Iranian patient. This 19-year-old female had pruritic popular and ...

We present the case of a 4-year-old boy with annular, pruritic macules on face, not responsive to application topical immunosuppressive therapy for atopic dermatitis. Clinically, cracked surface and crusted, raised borders, slowly enlarging were observed boy's cheeks. Dermatoscopy evidenced centrifugal extension border hyperactivity, represented by multiple peripheral pustules, mainly follicula...

Background. Skin diseases among pediatric patients differ from those in adults. Epidemiological studies are scarce, and those performed in Mexican population date back thirty years. It is likely that these diseases might have changed their frequency. Material and Methods. Retrospective study in first-time patients referred to a pediatric dermatology service between January 1994 and December 200...

BACKGROUND The vulva is skin, and it is helpful to approach vulval conditions from a dermatological perspective. The vulva is affected by the same dermatoses as the rest of the skin, but modified in appearance by special influences. OBJECTIVE This article will outline an approach to the diagnosis and management of vulval dermatoses. DISCUSSION Vulval disorders present as infections, rashes ...

Circulating sex hormones follow major fluctuations during the ovarian cycle. The so-called premenstrual syndrome represents a global condition grouping the diversity of catamenial disorders. At the skin level, the sebaceous gland activity is obviously modulated by these endocrine fluctuations. In addition, a series of pathological manifestations take place simultaneously in some women. Among th...

Vulvar skin disease is a common reason for consultation. The vulva, like the rest of the skin, can be affected by numerous diseases of various etiologies, but its particular anatomic and physiologic characteristics create additional diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties. The study of vulvar disease is emerging as a new branch of dermatology. In this article, we examine the characteristics of ...

Pigmented purpuric dermatoses (PPD) are a group of histopathologically similar conditions that are primarily differentiated based on morphology. The basic pathological finding is a lymphocytic perivascular infiltrate with hemorrhage limited to the papillary dermis without fibrinoid necrosis of the vessels. The etiology is unknown; they run a chronic course and are fairly resistant to treatment....

Background: Dermatoses affecting the palms and soles are more common in our day-to-day practice, because they most frequently exposed to various allergens, mechanical stress infectious agents than any other parts body. Apart from diagnostic difficulties, few palmoplantar dermatoses cause great discomfort disability may also affect a persons livelihood. Aim:To study clinical features frequency o...