Association between effective dose of prednisolone, alone or in conjunction with other immunosuppressants, and titre of anti-bullous pemphigoid 180 antibody: a retrospective study of 42 cases.

abstract：:Erythema multiforme (EM) is a common, self-limiting condition. Recurrent EM is a well-recognised variant, often associated with herpes simplex virus infection. It is frequently managed with prophylactic aciclovir. Anecdotal reports suggest that recurrent EM may be associated with the use of corticosteroids. Persistent...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Turnbull N,Hawkins D,Atkins M,Francis N,Roberts N

更新日期：2014-03-01 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 a case of localized bullous pemphigoid (BP) in a woman patient with primary lymphoedema tarda. There is only one previous case reported of localized pemphigoid in an area of lymphoedema, this being of the cicatricial variant. Slow circulation in the lymphatic vessels, increased capillary permeability with pr...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Perez A,Clements SE,Benton E,Robson A,Bhogal B,Stefanato CM,McGibbon D

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Therapeutics targeting tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-α are effective for psoriasis; however, in patients treated for other disorders, psoriasis may worsen and psoriasiform dermatitis (PsoD) may arise. T helper (Th) cytokines in psoriasis upregulate keratin (K)17, which modulates TNF-α transduction, leading to...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Moy AP,Murali M,Kroshinsky D,Horn TD,Nazarian RM

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clear cell acanthoma (CCA) is a benign epidermal tumour with distinctive and uniform clinical and histological features. Although solitary lesions are the rule, some cases of multiple CCA, rarely with more than 10 lesions, have been previously reported. Only 22 cases of multiple CCA have been described in the English ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Innocenzi D,Barduagni F,Cerio R,Wolter M

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Verrucous cyst is an uncommon nonplantar epidermoid (infundibular) cyst with verrucous changes in its wall. We present the first case of trichilemmal cyst (isthmus-catagen cyst) with verrucous changes of its squamous lining. ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Misago N,Narisawa Y

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：:Sweet's syndrome (acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis, SS) may be considered a reactional dermatosis with numerous associated diseases. We describe a rare association between SS and acute sarcoidosis in a 55-year-old woman. The atypical feature of positive tuberculin reaction is discussed. In this association, diagn...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Dadban A,Hirschi S,Sanchez M,Lagrange B

更新日期：2009-03-01 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 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

abstract：:Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome (RSTS) is a rare congenital disorder, mainly characterized by postnatal growth retardation, intellectual disability, and facial and limb abnormalities. Although not considered as characteristic manifestations, numerous cutaneous anomalies have also been reported in patients with RSTS while th...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Wang L,Deng Y,Zhou XL,Ma JJ,Li W

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 68-year-old Caucasian male presented with a 5-week history of a widespread pruritic papular eruption. Histology from a papule on the left shoulder showed a dense dermal infiltrate of large mononuclear cells which were positive for leucocyte common antigen, KP1 and PGM1, with an MIB-1 proliferating fraction of 40%, d...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Millard TP,Aitchison R,Wilkinson JD

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pachydermodactyly describes a rare condition of localized fibromatosis, usually symmetrically affecting the interphalangeal joints of both hands. We describe a case of a new subtype of pachydermodactyly in a 14-year-old boy, which we term 'unilateral pachydermodactyly transgrediens'. This atypical pattern is caused by...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Nicolay JP,Faulhaber J,Kutzner H,Schneider SW

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A peculiar observation published in 1971 by Chernosky et al. is revisited in this paper. An African American mother and three of her four children (two girls and one boy) had hyperpigmented skin areas arranged along Blaschko's lines. According to the current knowledge of formal genetics, a mendelian mode of transmissi...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Happle R

更新日期：2009-10-01 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：:Majocchi's granuloma, also known as nodular granulomatous perifolliculitis, is an uncommon fungal infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue. It can occur in healthy and immunocompromised patients. The most common cause of Majocchi's granuloma is Trichophyton rubrum. We report a case of a Majocchi's granuloma cause...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Saadat P,Kappel S,Young S,Abrishami M,Vadmal MS

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Langerhans cells at the site of patch tests to inhaled allergens in patients with atopic dermatitis were investigated. Within 24 h the Langerhans cells showed increased cellular activity and became apposed to mononuclear cells. This supports the view that Langerhans cells are involved in antigen presentation in atopic...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Najem N,Hull D

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiogenesis plays an important role in progression of various tumours including malignant melanoma. It is possible that the immunostaining of angiogenic markers could differentiate benign and malignant melanocytic lesions or that the immunostaining pattern with angiogenic markers could vary with tumour thickness and ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Dawn G,MacKie RM

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Desmoplastic trichoepithelioma (DT) is a rare benign adnexal neoplasm considered to have follicular differentiation. It usually presents as an asymptomatic, firm, annular plaque with a raised border. The most common site of occurrence is the face, usually on the cheek. Females are more often affected than males and th...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Carter JJ,Kaur MR,Hargitai B,Brown R,Slator R,Abdullah A

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Summary Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia (ALHE) is an uncommon benign vascular tumour. It presents with small, dull red papules or nodules usually on the ears and preauricular areas and only 20% of lesions are multiple. We report a case of multiple scattered lesions of ALHE in a patient who subsequently dev...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Shankar S,Russell-Jones R

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic cutaneous lesions affect 15% of human patients with diabetes, and the associated risk of limb amputations is 15-46 times greater than that of people with normal glycaemia. It is estimated that half of these limb amputations could be avoided by opportune treatment with somatic stem cells or platelet-r...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Argôlo Neto NM,Del Carlo RJ,Monteiro BS,Nardi NB,Chagastelles PC,de Brito AF,Reis AM

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nodular cystic fat necrosis shows a distinctive spectrum of clinical and histological features. Most of the lesions are mobile subcutaneous nodules in regions vulnerable to trauma, such as the elbows, knees, and shins. There have been no reports of an association with other conditions. The histology is characterized b...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Ahn SK,Lee BJ,Lee SH,Lee WS

更新日期：1995-05-01 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：:Osteoporosis has been observed with chronic hypervitaminosis A, leading some authors to hypothesize that systemic retinoids may have an effect on bone mineral density. Two previous small studies identified osteoporosis in patients who received long-term therapy with etretinate. Etretinate has now been superceeded by a...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： McMullen EA,McCarron P,Irvine AD,Dolan OM,Allen GE

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In drug-induced toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), the epidermal destruction is associated with a slight to moderate lymphomonocytic cell infiltrate. Interleukin (IL)-8, which is a keratinocyte-derived pro-inflammatory cytokine, might be involved in this process. The IL-8 receptor CXCR2 has also been shown to...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Paquet P,Ribbens C,Piérard GE

更新日期：2007-11-01 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：:Contact hypersensitivity from topical corticosteroids is becoming increasingly recognized; it is present in 2-5% of the patients attending contact dermatitis clinics. The use of a corticosteroid series containing tixocortal pivalate 1% (petrolatum), to detect hypersensitivity to hydrocortisone, and other steroids 1% (...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Wilkinson SM

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Laugier-Hunziker syndrome is an acquired, benign, macular hyperpigmentation of the lips and buccal mucosa. The nails are often involved with the development of melanonychia. Twenty-two previous cases have been recorded in the literature. We present details of six Caucasian patients with the Laugier-Hunziker syndro...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Kemmett D,Ellis J,Spencer MJ,Hunter JA

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The psychosocial effects of facial acne are well accepted but until recently few validated instruments existed which were suitable for use in clinical trials. The aim of this study was to assess measurement characteristics (reproducibility, correlation with acne severity, and sensitivity to detect change after acne th...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Martin AR,Lookingbill DP,Botek A,Light J,Thiboutot D,Girman CJ

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endogenous ochronosis or alkaptonuria is a rare, autosomal recessive disease of tyrosine metabolism that is caused by a deficiency of the enzyme homogentisic acid oxidase. The disease results in the accumulation and deposition of homogentisic acid in the cartilage, eyelids, forehead, cheeks, axillae, genital region, b...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Turgay E,Canat D,Gurel MS,Yuksel T,Baran MF,Demirkesen C

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00