Dermoscopic features in fungal melanonychia.

abstract：:Three cases of chondrodermatitis nodularis helicis (CDNH) in patients with the limited form of systemic sclerosis are described. Two of the three cases were noted during regular follow-up visits and the third case was found as part of a survey of the 21 other patients with systemic sclerosis routinely seen in the depa...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Bottomley WW,Goodfield MD

更新日期：1994-05-01 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：BACKGROUND:Recently, a new population of IL-17-producing CD4 T helper (Th) cells, named Th17, was identified and shown to be involved in various inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, including psoriasis. AIM:To determine the frequency of Th17 cells and related cytokines in peripheral blood of patients with psoriasis, ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Chhabra S,Narang T,Joshi N,Goel S,Sawatkar G,Saikia B,Dogra S,Bansal F,Minz R

更新日期：2016-10-01 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：: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：:Three patients with subungual exostoses, two involving the great toe and one the fourth toe, are presented. Local excision was performed, and the specimens were processed for light and electron microscopy. Light-microscopic study revealed that the tumours consisted of a proliferative fibrocartilaginous cap that merged...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Kato H,Nakagawa K,Tsuji T,Hamada T

更新日期：1990-11-01 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：:A 93-year-old woman with an 8-year history of episodes of fixed drug eruption due to paracetamol is described. The rash was characterized by bullae, crusted lesions, hyperpigmented and erythematous patches as well as lesions resembling toxic epidermal necrolysis. Direct immunofluorescence revealed deposition of IgG an...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Duhra P,Porter DI

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis (AGEP) is a severe adverse cutaneous reaction, which is mostly due to drugs, but which has also been described as occurring after infections. We report a case of severe AGEP with extensive blistering mimicking toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) in a 47-year-old woman. This was ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Azib S,Florin V,Fourrier F,Delaporte E,Staumont-Sallé D

更新日期：2014-08-01 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 describe the challenging case of a patient presenting with extensive, eruptive mid-facial squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) and keratoacanthomas (KAs) consequent to radiotherapy. Our patient had a personal and family history of multiple KAs and SCCs. Multiple self-healing squamous epithelioma, otherwise known as Ferg...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Robertson SJ,Bashir SJ,Pichert G,Robson A,Whittaker S

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In patients with psoriasis, videocapillaroscopy has been used to visualize the typical modifications in the microcirculatory architecture. AIM:To evaluate the modifications of the superficial capillary bed in a psoriatic plaque and healthy perilesional skin during treatment with a topical steroid. METHODS:...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Stinco G,Lautieri S,Piccirillo F,Valent F,Patrone P

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Down's syndrome (DS) is associated with rare dermatological disorders and increased frequency of some common dermatoses. Owing to advances in medical care and changes in attitude, the median age of death in this population has increased to 49 years, and the life expectancy of a 1-year-old person with DS today is more ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Madan V,Williams J,Lear JT

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 71-year-old woman with vitiligo developed multiple actinic keratoses only on the vitiligo skin of sun-exposed areas. She had worked outdoors as a farmer for a long period. Although actinic skin cancers arising on vitiligo skin have rarely been reported, the present case demonstrates that vitiligo skin is more suscep...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Yashiro K,Nakagawa T,Takaiwa T,Inai M

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Effective treatment options for morphoea remain limited. As a result, there has been increasing interest in the role of phototherapy in the management of this condition. Aims. We report the findings of a study in which 13 patients with localized morphoea were treated with oral (n = 11) and topical (n = 2) ps...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Usmani N,Murphy A,Veale D,Goulden V,Goodfield M

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Identification of onychomycosis is mainly based on clinical diagnosis with auxiliary diagnostic methods such as potassium hydroxide (KOH) microscopy, periodic acid-Schiff staining or fungal culture. However, each method is limited by its sensitivity and specificity. AIM:To develop a new test method using th...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Ho WT,Li Y,Yang S

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pruritic folliculitis (PF) is one of the specific dermatoses of pregnancy the aetiology of which remains unknown. Several theories have been proposed, and the most commonly accepted is that it represents a hormonally induced acne, as seen in patients taking progestogenic steroids. This theory led to the proposition th...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Vaughan Jones SA,Hern S,Black MM

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Emerging evidence indicates that plasma interleukin (IL)-17 levels may be associated with increased risk of psoriasis, but the individual published results are inconclusive. AIM:To evaluate IL-17 levels in patients with psoriasis using a meta-analysis of studies comparing IL-17 levels in controls and in pat...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Zhou XY,Bao J,Huang B,Jin Y

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Robert Willan is commemorated by a blue plaque on the house in which he lived in Bloomsbury Square in London. He lived there during a productive period of his career, until ill-health caused him to travel to Madeira, where he died. This fitting tribute to Willan is the result of the efforts of Dr. Henry MacCormac, him...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Walker SL

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic solar urticaria (SU) is a rare, debilitating photodermatosis, which may be difficult to treat. First-line treatment with antihistamines is effective in mild cases, but remission after phototherapeutic induction of tolerance is often short-lived. Other treatment options include plasma exchange, photopheresis...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Hughes R,Cusack C,Murphy GM,Kirby B

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports a unique case of coexistence of vitiligo vulgaris, lichen planus and psoriasis vulgaris in a 53-year-old man. Five years after the onset of vitiligo, lichen planus developed on his lower lip. Another 4 years after the onset of lichen planus, he also exhibited psoriasis on his upper arms and trunk. B...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Ujiie H,Sawamura D,Shimizu H

更新日期：2006-05-01 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：:The therapeutic use of the induction of an allergic contact sensitivity to diphencyprone in alopecia areata has been studied. Fourteen subjects had alopecia totalis and four had extensive and long-standing alopecia areata. Topical diphencyprone was capable of inducing an allergic contact sensitivity in 16 subjects (89...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Monk B

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Determining the risk of progression to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) among patients diagnosed with discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE), and the time frame of this risk, are important clinical questions. Past reports have demonstrated a wide time frame of progression from DLE to SLE, with mean time to progression of...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Elman SA,Joyce C,Costenbader KH,Merola JF

更新日期：2020-01-01 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: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：:Mohs' surgery for basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is widely recommended by dermatologists as first line surgical therapy for recurrent or ill-defined skin tumours. The technique assumes that BCC spread by contiguous growth and that all tumour cells have to be removed. Advocates claim that Mohs' surgery provides a better ch...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Lawrence CM

更新日期：1999-03-01 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：BACKGROUND:Lichen sclerosus (LS) is a chronic inflammatory dermatosis with a predilection for the anogenital region, which mainly affects prepubertal girls and postmenopausal women. The cause is unknown, but a number of potential aetiological factors have been identified. AIM:To examine a cohort of patients with prepu...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Ismail D,Owen CM

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urticarial vasculitis (UV) is a mainly leucocytoclastic vasculitis with urticarial plaques. Treating these patients is challenging as the available treatments have poor efficacy. Oral corticosteroids are considered the first-line treatment, but H1 antihistamines, dapsone, colchicine, antimalarials, ciclosporin and ant...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Fueyo-Casado A,Campos-Muñoz L,González-Guerra E,Pedraz-Muñoz J,Cortés-Toro JA,López-Bran E

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00