Skin involvement in chronic renal failure is characterized by a multitude of different aspects. Often pruritus, xerosis cutis, hyperpigmentations, and actinic elastosis occur. These symptoms tend to alter and are aggravated relatively quickly when chronic renal insufficiency leads to compulsory dialysis treatment. The following article reviews the clinical and histological aspect of cutaneous a...

resolved. The dorsum of his right foot had only small, red macules, and erythema in the pretibial region had resolved. BCG vaccine has been used for decades for the prevention of tuberculosis. More recently, BCG has been used as immunotherapy for various tumors. Importantly, the dosing of BCG is much higher when given as cancer immunotherapy [5]. As a result, BCG immunotherapy is often complica...

Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is characterised by autonomic, sensory, and motor disturbances. The underlying mechanisms of the autonomic changes in CPRS are unknown. However, it has been postulated that sympathetic inhibition in the acute phase with locally reduced levels of noradrenaline is followed by an up-regulation of alpha-adrenoceptors in chronic CRPS leading to denervation super...

An increasing number of patients with chronic hepatitis B infection are being treated with the newly licensed drug, adefovir. It is an acyclic nucleoside phosphonate that is relatively safe in the dosage generally used for chronic hepatitis B. Serious adverse cutaneous drug reactions like Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) or toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) following adefovir use have not been rep...

We report a case of a 45 year old woman which fulfilled the criteria of chronic urticaria (remitting and relapsing bouts of erythematous and pruriginuos lesions without angioedema, lasted four months). Cutaneous manifestations were not related to a specific inducing factor, had no benefit from antihystamine and steroid drugs and were associated sometimes with mild gastroentric disorders. Patien...

OBJECTIVE(S) In this study, the serum level of interferon-γ (IFN- γ) and interlukin-4 (IL-4) was evaluated as a marker of Th1 and Th2 immune response that influence the clinical course of cutaneous leishmaniasis . MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted on 44 cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis (21 cases with healed lesions and 23 cases with chronic non-healing lesions. Th...

Tricyclic antidepressants treat chronic pain both in patients with somatic illness and with functional bowel disorders. We compared the effects of amitriptyline on perception of cutaneous and gastrointestinal stimulation to assess differential analgesic effects of tricyclics on somatic and visceral pain. Cutaneous electrical stimulation and rectal and esophageal distension were performed before...

varicella-zoster infection despite absence of viral genome. J Cut Pathol. 1996;23:576--81. 4. Freemer CS, Farmer ER, Corio RL, Altomonte VL, Wagner JE, Vogelsang GB, et al. Lichenoid chronic graft-vs-host disease occurring in a dermatomal distribution. Arch Dermatol. 1994;130:70--2. 5. Lee SW, Kim YC, Lee ES, Kang HY. Linear lichenoid graft versus host disease: an unusual configuration followin...