The impact of vitiligo on quality of life is controversial. The aim of this study was to observe the impairment of quality of life and emotional state in adults with vitiligo compared with subjects with psoriasis and unaffected controls. The study group comprised 54 subjects with vitiligo, 57 with psoriasis and 57 unaffected controls. All subjects were examined and interviewed using the Dermato...

As recently as 10 years ago, the problem of vitiligo was largely unsolved. In one sense, it was because many doctors were not sure what this condition was and whether what they called vitiligo was a mixed bag of conditions variously labelled leucoderma. The problem is world-wide and at least in our part of the world and I refer not only to Malaya but to South -East -Asia, it can be a very impor...

C utaneous melanoma (CM) is the leading cause of skin cancer mortality worldwide despite constituting only 4% of skin cancers. Acral melanoma (AM) is a distinct variant of CM and is generally associated with a poor prognosis. Complete spontaneous regression of CM is a rare but well described phenomenon. We present an unusual case of a complete spontaneously regressed metastatic AM with melanoma...

derma is mainly empirical and is rarely attended by satisfactory results. Many years of experience of treating hundreds of cases at the Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine has led us to place our faith in external application of the oil extracted from the seeds of Psoralia corylijolia and known as bouchi oil, together with internal administration of intestinal antiseptics, but although persist...