Acne vulgaris is a chronic skin disease that develops as a result of inflammation of the pilosebaceous unit and its clinical course is accompanied by comedones, papules, pustules, and nodules. A different group of disease, which is clinically similar to acne vulgaris but with a different etiopathogenesis, is called “acneiform eruptions.” In clinical practice, acneiform eruptions are generally t...

Progesterone induced dermatitis is a rare disorder. It typically occurs in females due to an autoimmune phenomenon to endogenous progesterone production, but can also be caused by exogenous intake of a synthetic progestin. Here in, we present a case of autoimmune progesterone anaphylaxis (AIPA) observed in an adolescent female. The patient is an 18-year-old Caucasian female with no significant ...

Skin complications induced by sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor (SGLT2i) therapy were frequently reported in Japan from spring to summer in 2014. I also detected such complications in 17 of 142 patients (12%) treated at my clinic [1]. Drug eruptions usually develop within 4 days to several weeks after initiation of the culprit medication and symptoms tend to vary. However, SGLT2i-induced...

In this report two cases of acquired toxoplasmosis are reported. Both cases are brought to hospital due to skin manifestations (Macule, Papule, Urticaria) accompa­nied by lymphadenopathie and low grade fever. Positive immunoflorecen t test at the rate of  in both cases 1/6400 and positive tissue culture in one case. With regards to this point that skin eruptions are usually rare manifestations ...

Cutaneous toxicities are the most common adverse effects of antineoplastic therapy with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitors. Skin reactions to this class of agents usually present as papular and/or pustular follicular eruptions developing within two weeks of treatment onset. Other manifestations include generalized xerosis and pruritus, as well as abnormalities of the hair and na...

PURPOSE Vemurafenib is a potent inhibitor of V600 mutant BRAF with significant impact on progression-free and overall survival in advanced melanoma. Cutaneous side effects are frequent. This single-center observational study investigates clinical and histological features of these class-specific cutaneous adverse reactions. PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients were all treated with Vemurafenib 960 m...

Skin scrapings, mouth swabs, and faecal specimens from children with eruptions in the napkin area and from a series of normal infants were examined for the presence of Candida albicans.This was found in 41% of all napkin eruptions but in only one of the 68 normal infants. While C. albicans is a common secondary invader of all types of napkin eruption, primary Candida infection of the skin in th...

Brucellosis is a zoonotic infectious disease of worldwide distribution and is still endemic in some developing countries. Brucellosis is a systemic disease in which any organ or system of the body can be involved. The most commonly affected systems are the locomotor, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, haematological, cardiovascular, respiratory, and central nervous systems. Cutaneous manifestatio...

Mefenamic acid is a common widely prescribed drug with analgesic activity. Authors report two cases of multifocal fixed drug eruption induced by mefenamic acid. Cases were diagnosed on basis of clinical examination and histopathology of skin lesion. Only a few cases have been reported in the literature and these are the first two described in Greece.