Sir, Prurigos are diseases characterized by intensely pruritic papules and nodules caused by a variety of pathomechanisms. Primary lesions are papules, with or without vesicles, or urticarial lesions. Unlike eczematous reactions, the lesions of prurigo rarely become confluent or form lichenified plaque. Prurigo lesions do not show pustule formation or desquamation. However, prurigos can co-exis...

E osinophilia, defined as greater than 450 eosinophils/ L, can occur in various disease processes, including infectious, allergic, neoplastic, and primary hematologic disorders. Marked eosinophilia ([1500 eosinophils/ L) can be a diagnostic dilemma because blood eosinophilia rarely exceeds 1500/ L in atopic/allergic diseases. Hyperimmunoglobulinemia E is seen in allergic, parasitic, and primary...

BACKGROUND Cutaneous mucinoses are a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by an abnormal amount of mucin in the skin. However, the pathomechanism of an excessive mucin deposition in the skin is still unknown. Eczematous dermatitis is sub-classified histologically into acute, subacute, and chronic variants. The characteristic histopathologic findings for chronic eczema are variable. Ho...

Eczematous dermatitis comprises a heterogenous group of inflammatory skin diseases characterized by a typical morphological reaction pattern. In the acute stage, the typical clinical features include itching, redness, papules, and vesicles associated with exudation. The two most frequent reasons for an eczematous reaction are atopic dermatitis (AD) and allergic contact dermatitis (ACD). Althoug...

We present a woman with squamous cell carcinomas on both feet in long-standing eczematous lesions. Histopathological examination of biopsies from the both feet revealed highly atypical cells invading the reticular layer of the dermis in the hyperkeratotic lesion and they were associated with surrounding dermatitis with spongiosis. Although the cause and etiology of eczema in our case is unclear...