Sézary syndrome (Sz) is a malignancy of CD4+ memory skin-homing T cells and presents with erythroderma, lymphadenopathy, and peripheral blood involvement. To gain more insight into the molecular features of Sz, oligonucleotide array analysis was performed comparing gene expression patterns of CD4+ T cells from peripheral blood of patients with Sz with those of patients with erythroderma seconda...

CASE REPORT A 72-year-old Caucasian woman with S ezary syndrome was treated for 3 years with interferon alfa-2b and extracorporeal photopheresis. In a span of 8 weeks between clinic visits, she developed 2.4-cm lymphadenopathy and worsening erythroderma. Histology of the surgically excised node revealed Dutch grade III changes with proliferation of atypical lymphocytes and partial architectural...

Autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis (ARCI) includes a wide range of ichthyosis phenotypes, including harlequin ichthyosis, lamellar ichthyosis (LI), congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma (CIE), and self-improving collodion ichthyosis (SICI) (1, 2). To date, 9 causative genes for ARCI have been identified (1, 2). ALOXE3 is a causative gene in LI as well as CIE, and it encodes the eLOX-3 li...

Ichthyoses constitute a large group of cornification disorders that affect the entire integument. The skin is characterized by visible scaling and in many cases by inflammation, for example, in bullous/keratinopathic ichthyosis or Netherton syndrome. From the viewpoint of classification it is useful to distinguish non-syndromic from syndromic types of ichthyosis. Ichthyosis vulgaris and recessi...

This paper presents a study in an efficient methodology for analysis and characterization of digital images psoriasis lesions using Daubechies D8 wavelet technique. The methodology is based on the transformation of 2D Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) algorithm for Daubechies D8 at first level to obtain the coefficients of the approximations and details sub-images. For classification method, sta...

A patient presented with progressive and unresponsive erythematous rash affecting his trunk and limbs over a period of 5 years. His systemic examination and extensive relevant investigations were normal throughout this period. Skin biopsies at different times showed features of annular erythema, cutaneous pseudolymphoma and sub-acute dermatitis. Five years after the initial presentation, he dev...

BACKGROUND Psoriasis is being recognized as an autoimmune disease in which immunocyte-derived cytokines are thought to drive the development of the altered keratinocyte phenotype. Although the role of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) in psoriasis is not completely understood, it may underlie many of the key steps that lead to induction and maintenance of the disease. Infliximab is an imm...