Genomic imprinting and dermatological disease.

abstract：:Photodynamic therapy (PDT) with topical 5-aminolaevulinic acid (5-ALA) is a promising new treatment for superficial malignant nonmelanoma tumours, including cutaneous malignant lymphoma. Here, we report a case of cutaneous anaplastic large cell lymphoma effectively treated by PDT with topical 5-ALA in combination with...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Umegaki N,Moritsugu R,Katoh S,Harada K,Nakano H,Tamai K,Hanada K,Tanaka M

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While psychosomatic factors may be involved in eliciting as well as coping with chronic itch, psychiatric comorbidity often goes unrecognized in dermatological patients. AIM:To record psychiatric illness, psychiatric and psychotherapeutic pretreatment, and psychotherapy indication in dermatology inpatients ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Schneider G,Driesch G,Heuft G,Evers S,Luger TA,Ständer S

更新日期：2006-11-01 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

abstract：:We present a patient with multiple leiomyomas confined to the left cheek, giving rise to an unusual clinical presentation of this condition. The lesions were cosmetically disfiguring and, because of their exposed location, were particularly painful in the winter months. The treatment of this condition is discussed. ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Tatnall FM,Leigh IM

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lentigo maligna (LM) and lentigo maligna melanoma (LMM) can be difficult to manage surgically. Predetermined margins can be inadequate because of subclinical spread, or can affect function when margins are adjacent to the eye or mouth. AIM:To describe our 5-year experience in Nottingham of using the staged ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Patel AN,Perkins W,Leach IH,Varma S

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although Fabry disease (FD) is an X-linked lysosomal storage disorder, there is a high prevalence of affected heterozygous females who show symptoms and have an increased mortality associated with the disease. FD usually progresses slowly, and death can result from stroke, heart disease or renal failure. Diagnosis can...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Hogarth V,Hughes D,Orteu CH

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 30-year-old patient who developed scombrotoxic fish poisoning after eating cooked fresh tuna. Symptoms included a bright red rash, tightness of the chest, palpitations, anxiety, mild headache and dizziness, all of which resolved spontaneously within 2-3 h. Such poisoning results from the consum...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Sabroe RA,Kobza Black A

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epidermal replacement is an important step in the management of patients with post-traumatic and iatrogenic scars. Skin-colour variation from disease or trauma causes significant changes in self-image and appearance. AIM:The aim of our study was to analyse the results obtained with a novel autologous cell-h...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Cervelli V,De Angelis B,Spallone D,Lucarini L,Arpino A,Balzani A

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asymmetrical periflexural exanthem is a rare clinical condition, seen almost exclusively in children. Very few adult cases have been reported in the literature. We report a case of this rare eruption in an adult man showing characteristic clinical and histological features. Interestingly, this patient also exhibited a...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Dar NR,Raza N

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcoidosis is a rare disease among children, manifesting differently in children below and above 4-5 years of age. Although the exact incidence and prevalence of childhood sarcoidosis is not known, the cutaneous involvement is frequent in both children and adults. Infiltration of old cutaneous scars with sarcoid gran...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Singal A,Thami GP,Goraya JS

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acquired dermal melanocytosis (ADM) is a relatively rare, but well-described disease among adolescent to middle-aged East Asian women, particularly those of Japanese and Chinese descent. Clinically, ADM manifests as multiple punctate and greyish-brown pigmented areas 1-3 mm in diameter occurring on both sides of the f...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Ouchi T,Ishii K,Nishikawa T,Ishiko A

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alopecia areata (AA) is an organ-specific autoimmune disease characterized by folliculotropic T-cell infiltrates around anagen-stage hair follicles. The role of T helper (Th)1 and Th2 cytokines in the pathogenesis of AA have not been established. AIM:To determine whether serum cytokine profiles define the s...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Barahmani N,Lopez A,Babu D,Hernandez M,Donley SE,Duvic M

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera from 10 patients with seborrhoeic dermatitis and from 10 age-matched healthy individuals were examined for IgG activity against Pityrosporum ovale. The IgG activity was analysed using the following techniques: an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) against whole P. ovale cells, purified cell-wall carbohydra...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Bergbrant IM,Johansson S,Robbins D,Bengtsson K,Faergemann J,Scheynius A,Söderström T

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated skin biopsies from pemphigus vulgaris (PV) patients by light, fluorescent and electron microscopy in order to study the ultrastructural appearances of epidermis at the pre-acantholytic stage. The biopsies were obtained from uninvolved forearm skin in 10 patients with PV in the acute stage of the diseas...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Grando SA,Terman AK,Stupina AS,Glukhenky BT,Romanenko AB

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple cutaneous and uterine leiomyomas is an autosomal dominant condition that results in benign smooth muscle tumours of the skin and, in females, uterine fibroids. This syndrome overlaps with hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer syndrome in which affected individuals may develop the rare type II papill...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Chan I,Wong T,Martinez-Mir A,Christiano AM,McGrath JA

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of toxic pustuloderma secondary to thalidomide in a patient with severe nodular prurigo. To our knowledge this is the first reported case. With the increasing use of thalidomide for a variety of dermatological conditions it is clearly important that this rare side-effect now be recognised. ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Darvay A,Basarab T,Russell-Jones R

更新日期：1997-11-01 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：:Naevoid hypertrichosis is an unusual congenital disorder consisting of a solitary circumscribed area of terminal hair growth which is not associated with any other systemic abnormalities. We describe a patient with multiple areas of circumscribed naevoid hypertrichosis on the trunk and limbs who also had lipodystrophy...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Cox NH,McClure JP,Hardie RA

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Palmoplantar punctate keratoses may be the main cutaneous sign of various diseases (porokeratosis punctata palmaris et plantaris, keratosis punctata of the palmar creases, familial punctate palmoplantar keratoderma) or represent a secondary feature [Cowden's syndrome (CS) and Darier's disease]. In CS, such keratoses u...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Ferran M,Bussaglia E,Matias-Guiu X,Pujol RM

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the case of a 68-year-old woman who presented with asymptomatic skin nodules and symptoms of anaemia, and was found to have acute megakaryoblastic leukaemia with fibrosis, a condition now believed to correspond to the former diagnosis of acute myelofibrosis. There is only one previous report of skin lesion...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Macfarlane AW,Parry DH,Caslin AW,Hughes M

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe two patients with acral keratosis with a striking mosaic or jigsaw-puzzle pattern of keratotic papules on the dorsal aspects of the feet and adjacent parts of the legs. Both patients also showed mild diffuse palmoplantar keratosis and clavus-like lesions over the interphalangeal joints of the toes; one pat...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Jacyk K,Smith A

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare primary neuroendocrine carcinoma of the skin, usually occurring at sun-exposed sites in elderly people. Divergent differentiation in MCC, although rare, has been reported in previous case series. We describe two new cases of MCC with divergent differentiation. Patient 1 was a 96-y...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Gaitskell K,Nassar S,Ibrahim H

更新日期：2020-04-01 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：:Acquired cold urticaria (ACU) is a frequent subtype of physical urticaria that is caused by the release of proinflammatory mast cell mediators after cold exposure. Although the underlying causes of ACU still remain to be clarified in detail, a wide range of diseases has been reported to be associated with ACU. This re...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Siebenhaar F,Weller K,Mlynek A,Magerl M,Altrichter S,Vieira Dos Santos R,Maurer M,Zuberbier T

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic factors predisposing individuals to Behçet's disease (BD) are considered to play important roles in the development of the disease. Patients with BD exhibit elevated levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines, and affected organs show a significant neutrophil and lymphocyte infiltration. Current evidence suggests th...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Sallakci N,Bacanli A,Coskun M,Yavuzer U,Alpsoy E,Yegin O

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Longitudinal splitting of the nails can occur as a result of any growth arising in the nail matrix. We present a case of a 50-year-old woman who presented with an 18-month history of longitudinal splitting of the nail on her right little finger, along with pain in the proximal nail fold region, which was extremely ten...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Jha AK,Sinha R,Kumar A,Bhadani P,Kumar S

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postinflammatory hypopigmentation is a common cause of acquired hypopigmentary disorders. It can be a result of cutaneous inflammation, injury or dermatological treatment. There are also many specific conditions that present with hypopigmentation other than postinflammatory hypopigmentation. Most cases of postinflamma...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Vachiramon V,Thadanipon K

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal itch is localized or generalized itch, affecting patients with chronic renal failure, where there is no primary skin disease and no systemic or psychological dysfunction that might cause pruritus. It does not result from raised serum urea levels. The prevalence of renal itch has increased with the growing popula...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Murphy M,Carmichael AJ

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydroa vacciniforme (HV) is a rare photodermatosis first described by Bazin in the mid-nineteenth century. It typically presents in childhood and resolves during adolescence. Rarely, however, symptoms may persist into adult life.2,3 We now describe a patient with this condition presenting unusually for the first time ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Blackwell V,McGregor JM,Hawk JL

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 55-year-old diabetic female treated with a combination of a short- and intermediate-acting insulin, developed sterile furunculoid lesions at the injection sites which eventually healed with atrophic scars. Histopathologically, an initial neutrophilic stage was followed by granulomatous and fibrotic stages. It was co...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Jordaan HF,Sandler M

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00