There have been considerable advances in our understanding of the pathophysiology of pruritus in recent years. The purpose of this review was to highlight itch entities in women, and in particular pruritic vulvar dermatoses that women experience among different age groups. Unique temporal shifts may contribute to the etiology of many of these conditions. These changes lead to cyclical changes i...

AMA Fijałkowska A, Wojtczak M, Żebrowska A. Dermoscopy in the diagnosis of selected inflammatory dermatoses. Dermatology Review/Przegląd Dermatologiczny. 2023;110(1):1-11. doi:10.5114/dr.2023.127649. APA Fijałkowska, A., Wojtczak, M., & Żebrowska, (2023). Dermatologiczny, 110(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.5114/dr.2023.127649 Chicago Aleksandra, Magdalena and Agnieszka Żebrowska. 2023. "Dermoscop...

The application of food-specific IgG antibody detection in allergy dermatoses was explored. 181 patients with allergy dermatoses were diagnosed from January to September 2014 and 20 healthy subjects were selected. Fourteen kinds of food-specific IgG antibodies were detected by ELISA method among all the subjects. The positive rates of IgG antibody of the patient group and the healthy group were...

BACKGROUND The increasing in the number of kidney transplant recipients has favored, more frequently than before, the emergence of dermatoses and warranted their study through subsequent publications. OBJECTIVES to evaluate the frequency of dermatoses in kidney transplant recipients. METHODS kidney transplant recipients with suspected dermatoses between March 1st 2009 and June 30th 2010. ...

Skin diseases are indicators of HIV/AIDS which correlates with WHO clinical stages. In resource limited environment where CD4 count is not readily available, they can be used in assessing HIV patients. The study aims to determine the mucocutaneous manifestations in HIV positive patients and their correlation with WHO clinical stages. A prospective cross-sectional study of mucocutaneous conditio...

Several dermatoses are routinely associated with diabetes mellitus, especially in patients with chronic disease. This relationship can be easily proven in some skin disorders, but it is not so clear in others. Dermatoses such necrobiosis lipoidica, granuloma annulare, acanthosis nigricans and others are discussed in this text, with an emphasis on proven link with the diabetes or not, disease id...

Background and aim: Pigmented purpuric dermatoses are a group of chronic and recurrent skin diseases resulting from lymphocyte-mediated leakage of erythrocytes. No effective treatment has been suggested for these conditions. This study was performed to evaluate the efficacy of oral pentoxiphylline in the treatment of pigmented purpuric dermatoses.Materials and Methods: ...

From the Departments of *General Surgery and †Pathology, Baskent University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey D ermatoses of the nipple are rare, and because gross appearances of these lesions are very similar, differential diagnosis is of great clinical importance. Early lesions of dermatoses are scaly and erythematous, and they can be misdiagnosed as eczema or inflammatory skin disorders o...

The periocular area may be affected by infectious or noninfectious diseases such as inflammatory dermatoses, systemic disease, drug reactions, benign and malignant lesions, traumatic lesions, and esthetic complications. We present a review of the most common periocular dermatoses.

Résumé Introduction: Les maladies de peau constituent un problème majeur de santé publique dans les pays en voie développement. En pratique courante les enfants représentent la couche sociale la plus touchée. Le but de notre travail était de décrire les aspects épidémiocliniques des dermatoses chez les enfants de 0-15 ans dans le service de dermatologie du centre national d’appui à la lutte con...