The association of smoking and acne in men in Hong Kong and in India: a retrospective case-control study in primary care settings.

abstract：:Acne fulminans is characterized by the sudden onset of a severe, ulcerative acne associated with systemic features. Response to traditional acne therapies is poor. We have recognized a subset of patients with acne of a severity comparable to that of acne fulminans but with the absence of systemic involvement; we sugge...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Thomson KF,Cunliffe WJ

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the case of a 68-year-old woman who developed a painful subcutaneous tumour in the sacral region. Histological examinations revealed a characteristic zonal pattern with a central zone of liquefactive necrosis, surrounded by proliferated atypical fibroblasts and prominent vessels, indicating ischaemic fascii...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Kaneko T,Rokunohe D,Takiyoshi N,Minakawa S,Nakano H,Sawamura D

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The various clinical types of lupus erythematosus (LE) show an essentially similar histological picture, and the subsets of LE cannot easily be distinguished by histology alone. However, there is an important clinical difference: lesions of discoid LE (DLE) cause scarring, particularly on the scalp, whereas ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Al-Refu K,Goodfield M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Summary Mid-dermal elastolysis is an unusual process characterized by the absence of the elastic fibres within the mid-dermis. The disappearance of these fibres causes fine wrinkles (type 1) or perifollicular protrusions (type 2) affecting the trunk, neck and arms. There is a female predilection, and most patients hav...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Cutillas E,Ferrando FJ,Martí ME,Mateu A,Rausell N

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Burning mouth syndrome is characterized by an idiopathic burning pain affecting the oral mucosa, with no clinically apparent changes. It can present to a variety of health professionals including dermatologists. This article summarizes the important aspects of the condition, including theories of pathogenesis, diagnos...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Lewis AK,Prime SS,Cohen SN

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Momordica charantia (MC; bitter gourd) is a traditional herb commonly used for its antidiabetic, antioxidant, contraceptive and antibacterial properties. It is also used for the rapid healing of wounds. AIM:To observe the topical effect of MC extract on the wound-healing process in rats with diabetes induce...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Teoh SL,Latiff AA,Das S

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vitiligo is a pigmentation disorder of autoimmune aetiology. Polymorphisms in beta-defensin genes have been linked to a predisposition to some autoimmune disorders. AIM:To evaluate the role of polymorphisms in DEFB1, the gene encoding for human beta-defensin (HBD)-1 and its 5' untranslated region in nonsegm...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Ochoa-Ramírez LA,Becerra-Loaiza DS,Díaz-Camacho SP,Muñoz-Estrada VF,Ríos-Burgueño ER,Prado-Montes de Oca E,Rangel-Villalobos H,Velarde-Félix JS

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of cutaneous alternariosis in an immunocompetent 85-year-old man. Identification of the causative organism in this patient was achieved by 18S rRNA sequencing. A 6-month course of itraconazole led to a good clinical response. ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Williams C,Layton AM,Kerr K,Kibbler C,Barton RC

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An earlier standard syphilology textbook states that 'If vesicles are an essential part of an eruption in an adult, the lesions are not due to secondary syphilis'. However, vesicular and bullous eruptions do occur in congenital syphilis and rare reports of both vesicular and pustular eruptions in adults with secondary...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Lawrence P,Saxe N

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Europe and the USA, the incidence of primary nasal natural killer (NK)/T-cell lymphoma is rare. The skin is one of the predilection sites for dissemination. Cutaneous dissemination is a poor prognostic sign and is consistently fatal. We describe the case of a 17-year-old white German girl with a primary nasal NK/T-...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Sandner A,Helmbold P,Winkler M,Gattenlöhner S,Müller-Hermelink HK,Holzhausen HJ

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensitive skin (SS) is a widespread condition, but still not completely understood. To identify risk factors that increase the likelihood of SS, 258 women aged between 20 and 65 years old and resident in the Netherlands were surveyed by questionnaire, which included questions on sociodemographic characteristics (age g...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Falcone D,Richters RJH,Uzunbajakava NE,van Erp PEJ,van de Kerkhof PCM

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic inflammatory disease. Numerous studies have associated HS with obesity, and recently with metabolic syndrome (MetS). Both obesity and MetS are linked with metabolic changes. Thyroid hormones play a central role in metabolism and exert pleiotropic effects on adipogen...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Miller IM,Vinding G,Sørensen HA,Rytgaard H,Mogensen UB,Ellervik C,Jemec GB

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dyschromatosis universalis hereditaria is a clinically heterogenous disorder. We report two unrelated Indian patients with dyschromatosis universalis hereditaria, who had generalized and progressive reticulate hyper- and hypo-pigmentation of the skin. The oral mucosa and tongue also showed mottled pigmentation. Intrig...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Sethuraman G,Srinivas CR,D'Souza M,Thappa DM,Smiles L

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of nonmelanoma skin cancer is significantly increased in recipients of solid-organ transplants. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a well-documented treatment option for superficial and selected nodular basal cell carcinomas (BCCs) in immunocompetent patients, but there are few reports describing PDT of BCCs ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Guleng GE,Helsing P

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymorphisms of the IL-10 promoter have been implicated in the genetic susceptibility to many autoimmune diseases, including psoriasis. Four putative functional single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within the interleukin-10 promoter region (-3575T/A, -2763A/C, -1082G/A and -592C/A) were analysed in 139 patients wit...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Wongpiyabovorn J,Hirankarn N,Ruchusatsawat K,Yooyongsatit S,Asawanonda P,Poovorawan Y

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A female patient is presented who consistently developed lesions of disseminated superficial porokeratosis (DSP) whilst on holiday abroad. The lesions resolved completely within 4-6 weeks of return to the UK. Induction of the lesions by exposure to artificial sources of UVA and UVB was unsuccessful. Disseminated super...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Ibbotson SH

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Kindler syndrome (KS) is a rare autosomal recessive skin disorder, which was recently reclassified as a subtype of epidermolysis bullosa. Despite the fact that loss-of-function mutations in the FERMT1 gene, encoding kindlin-1, have been shown to cause the syndrome in numerous patients, a small number of typi...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Fuchs-Telem D,Nousbeck J,Singer A,McGrath JA,Sarig O,Sprecher E

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient with chronic urticaria which was closely associated with elevated levels of thyroxine. The urticaria responded poorly to antihistamines and only partially to systemic steroids, but resolved consistently when the thyroxine level was reduced to normal. The mechanism for the association may involve mo...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Henderson CA,Highet AS

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four children affected by intradermal vascular proliferations are presented. The clinicopathological findings closely resemble those of cases described as angioblastoma, a familiar entity in the Japanese literature. Some people suggest that angioblastoma is the same as the tufted angioma described by Wilson-Jones. We ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Cho KH,Kim SH,Park KC,Lee AY,Song KY,Chi JG,Lee YS,Kim KJ

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 33-year-old man with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa presented with a 3-month history of an enlarging mass within scarring on the posterior aspect of the right shoulder. The clinical appearance of the mass with an almost cobbled, verrucous surface, and its rapid evolution suggested the development of a sq...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Orpin SD,Scott IC,Rajaratnam R,Colloby PS,Heagerty A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Necrobiosis lipoidica is a well recognized but comparatively rare cutaneous complication of diabetes mellitus. The aetiology is probably multifactorial with microangiopathy, immune complex formation, abnormal collagen synthesis and breakdown, and altered haemostasis all thought to play a part. Necrobiosis lipoidica of...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Owen CM,Murphy H,Yates VM

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryosurgery is an alternative treatment option to surgical excision for lentigo maligna. Clinical evidence of recurrence is usually characterized by repigmentation at the treated site. We report two patients who developed amelanotic malignant melanoma following cryosurgery for a pigmented lentigo maligna. These cases ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： McKenna DB,Cooper EJ,Kavanagh GM,Davie RM,McLaren KM,Tidman MJ

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secukinumab is an interleukin (IL)-17 monoclonal antibody inhibiting T-helper (Th)1-mediated immune response. It has proven high efficacy for moderate to severe psoriasis but data on its long-term toxicities are limited. We describe two patients who received secukinumab for clinically presumed psoriasis, but were subs...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Yoo J,Shah F,Velangi S,Stewart G,Scarisbrick JS

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of Bowen's disease is described in which striking quantities of amyloid were detected in the papillary dermis visualized easily by routine haematoxylin and eosin staining. The material showed positive labelling with an antikeratin monoclonal antibody consistent with the proposed origin of the amyloid as degener...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Speight EL,Milne DS,Lawrence CM

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical and histological effects of retinyl propionate cream (a retinyl ester) on extrinsic skin ageing (photo-ageing) in man were assessed in a double-blind randomized placebo-controlled study of 80 subjects, individual parameters of this being assessed for each treatment site (face, dorsal right forearm and han...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Green C,Orchard G,Cerio R,Hawk JL

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Black hairy tongue is the name given to the appearance of an abnormal coating of the tongue and occurs only in adults. It is the result of hyperkeratosis of the filiform lingual papillae which, on gross examination appear hair-like with a variable tinctorial aspect from yellow-brown to black. The pathogenesis is unkno...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Langtry JA,Carr MM,Steele MC,Ive FA

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reactive oxygen species (ROS) contribute to the cell dysfunction and tissue damage that result from glucolipotoxicity in diabetes. ROS formation in cells causes oxidative stress, thereby activating oxidative damage-inducing genes. Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) has been shown to play an e...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Lee YJ,Kwon SB,An JM,Kim CH,Lee SH,Choi CY,Nam DH,Park JW,Nam HS,Lee SH,Lee MW,Cho MK

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cutaneous amyloidosis and multiple endocrine neoplasia 2A (MEN 2A) have been previously reported in several families. A genetic linkage of both disorders has recently been described. Notalgia paraesthetica has been suggested to be involved in the aetiology of amyloidosis in such patients. We report such an association...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： de Argila D,Ortiz-Romero PL,Ortiz-Frutos J,Rodriguez-Peralto JL,Iglesias L

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A whole array of cutaneous syndromes is associated with distinct dominant mutations in GJB2 encoding the gap junction protein connexin 26 (C x 26), including Vohwinkel's syndrome and keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness syndrome. In contrast, recessive GJB2 mutations occur in a large proportion of individuals with hearing lo...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Common JE,Bitner-Glindzicz M,O'Toole EA,Barnes MR,Jenkins L,Forge A,Kelsell DP

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Humans are the natural host for eight of more than 80 known herpes viruses. Infections with herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) are ubiquitous worldwide and highly transmissible. Herpes simplex labialis (HSL) is the best-recognized recrudescent infection of the lips and perioral tissues caused by HSV-1. Facial lesions...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Fatahzadeh M,Schwartz RA

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00