Chondrodermatitis nodularis helicis occurring with systemic sclerosis--an under-reported association?

abstract：:Telangiectatic leg veins (TLV) are experienced by millions of women and men. As they cause significant cosmetic embarrassment, many women seek effective treatment. Options include sclerotherapy and treatment with different lasers. We investigated the safety and efficacy of an 810-nm diode laser in the treatment of TLV...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Varma S,Lanigan SW

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report 20 patients who contracted cutaneous leishmaniasis in Central and South America, 18 of them in Belize. The diagnosis was confirmed by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in 79% of those tested; the corresponding figure for histology was 62%, touch smear 46%, and culture 11%. Results of PCR can be falsely pos...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Palmer RA,Tran D,Hepburn NC,Ashton RE

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：: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：: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：:A scleroderma-like disease has recently been described in association with taxanes. We present the first case of diffuse scleroderma occurring in a woman treated with doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide for breast cancer. The clinical pattern of skin involvement and histological alterations were identical to those found ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Alexandrescu DT,Bhagwati NS,Wiernik PH

更新日期：2005-03-01 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：:Thalidomide has been used as an effective treatment for prurigo nodularis (PN) with a median dose of 200 mg, but the risk of peripheral neuropathy precludes long-term use. We analysed the efficacy of low-dose thalidomide (< 100 mg) in 17 patients with recalcitrant PN. Patients were initiated on thalidomide 50 mg on al...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Sardana K,Gupta A,Sinha S

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tender nodules may develop at the site of injection of allergen extracts. Some cases can be related to the aluminium contained in the preparation. We report a case where scar sarcoidosis developed at the site of desensitization injections. At presentation, there were no other cutaneous signs of sarcoidosis; systemic s...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Healsmith MF,Hutchinson PE

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of the physiology of wound healing, in particular the recovery of the dermal and epidermal compartments and the co-ordination of these processes by the cytokine network, is of great importance to rational wound management. The individual components of the wound healing process have been studied using various...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Van de Kerkhof PC,Van Bergen B,Spruijt K,Kuiper JP

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tetracyclines, including doxycycline, are widely used drugs that form an integral part of daily prescribing, and serious adverse reactions (SARs) are rarely reported. The frequency of hypoglycaemia complicating tetracycline treatment remains unknown, and is not a recognized complication. We describe an 80-year-old man...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Tan CH,Shelley C,Harman KE

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Piloleiomyoma is a benign tumour originating in the smooth muscles of the arrector pili muscle in the skin. The lesions are often sensitive to touch, cold and emotional disturbance. We present a patient with multiple piloleiomyoma (MPL) of the submentum who underwent reconstructive surgery using a submental perforator...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Matsushita S,Ishihara T,Takeda K,Uchida Y,Tamai M,Usuki K,Kanekura T

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The main cause of lichen simplex chronicus (LSC) is not known but there is evidence to suggest that neurological abnormalities may be implicated in its aetiology. AIM:To investigate neuropathy in patients with LSC on the limbs. METHODS:In total, 23 consecutive patients [15 women (65.2%) and 8 men (34.8%); ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Solak O,Kulac M,Yaman M,Karaca S,Toktas H,Kirpiko O,Kavuncu V

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The protein kynureninase (KYNU) has recently been reported to participate in the pathological processes of various diseases. AIM:To explore the expression and the biological function of KYNU in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC). METHODS:Expression of KYNU in cSCC cell lines and tissues was firstly e...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Ci C,Wu C,Lyu D,Chang X,He C,Liu W,Chen L,Ding W

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Japan is currently experiencing many outbreaks of scabies, occurring mainly in long-term care facilities. Scabies burrows, the only pathognomonic lesion for scabies, often occur on the creases of the palms, and are followed by a pattern of scale reminiscent of the 'wake' left on the surface of water by a moving bird o...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Yoshizumi J,Harada T

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 34-year-old woman presented with 2-year history of a dome-shaped papule on a well-circumscribed, thickened, port-wine stain on the left side of the chin. Squeezing on the port-wine-stain plaque revealed many comedos within dilated follicular orifices. The papule was excised and submitted for histological examination...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Yang CH,Shen SC,Yeh JT,Tsai YL,Hong HS

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of cyclosporin A (CSA) for the treatment of severe psoriasis is well established. However its use is limited by its adverse effects, especially nephrotoxicity. We reviewed 28 patients treated with CSA for severe psoriasis over an 11-year period. All patients were on long-term CSA treatment (median duration 55....

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Markham T,Watson A,Rogers S

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cutis marmorata telangiectatica congenita (CMTC) is a congenital vascular anomaly of unknown aetiology. About 300 cases have been reported in the literature. The rate of associated anomalies varies between 20% and 70%. METHODS:We report a series of 27 children with CMTC, 18 of whom were followed-up prospect...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Kienast AK,Hoeger PH

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imprinting is the process whereby genetic alleles responsible for a phenotype are derived from one parent only. It is an epigenetic phenomenon resulting from DNA methylation or modification of protruding histones. When imprinted genes are disrupted, syndromes with characteristic patterns of inheritance and multisystem...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Millington GW

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Naevus comedonicus is a rare condition, thought to be a hamartoma in which cells of the pilosebaceous unit fail to develop appropriately. Although it is usually an isolated phenomenon, it has been associated with other defects, including those of the skeletal, ocular and central nervous system. A girl with this condit...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Woods KA,Larcher VF,Harper JI

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Teledermatology has been the focus of much interest in recent years. Potential uses include a simple supporting role for primary care, more accurate triage of dermatology patients or an 'advice only' service reducing the need for dermatology patients to attend outpatient clinics. With the current under-provision of de...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Mallett RB

更新日期：2003-07-01 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：:We performed an immunohistochemical study with 11 antikeratin antibodies using the newly developed AMeX (acetone-methylbenzoate-xylene) tissue processing method. Specimens processed with this method showed almost as good preservation and morphological detail as routinely processed, formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Ansai SI,Koseki S,Hozumi Y,Kondo S

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erosive pustular dermatosis (EPD) of the leg is an unusual form of amicrobial pustulosis, which typically affects elderly patients with chronic venous insufficiency. We report a patient who presented with painful erythema, crusted erosions and pustules on her right lower leg. Histology showed a dermal infiltration mad...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Zhou Z,Zhang ZK,Liu TH

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Interferons are molecules with antiviral effects, which have been used for the treatment of verruca for many years. AIMS:To determine if sublesional interferon (IFN)-alpha injection offers an effective alternative treatment for common warts. METHODS:We compared the results of single-dose sublesional IFN ap...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Aksakal AB,Ozden MG,Atahan C,Onder M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucocutaneous side-effects from etretinate are common and are usually dose-dependent, whereas hypersensitivity drug eruptions are rare. Two patients are described in whom erythema multiforme-like eruptions appeared several days after oral intake of etretinate. In one patient etretinate rechallenge again produced the s...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： David M,Sandbank M,Lowe NJ

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumoral calcinosis is an uncommon ectopic calcification syndrome characterized clinically by the presence of irregular, painless, periarticular soft tissue calcifying masses, and pathologically by fibrous-walled cystic spaces containing structureless calcific debris and associated with a variable inflammatory reaction...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Harwood CA,Cook MG,Mortimer PS

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyopathic dermatomyositis (ADM) is characterized clinically by typical skin lesions with hypomyopathy or no muscular involvement. ADM has been recently reported to be complicated by rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease (ILD), especially in patients with positive antibodies against melanoma differentiation-as...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Molina-Ruiz AM,Romero F,Carrasco L,Feltes F,Haro R,Requena L

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dermatofibromata are common benign dermal tumours of unknown aetiology. They usually present as a single lesion on the limbs of young adults. Multiple dermatofibromata have been reported occurring in patients with autoimmune disease, who were receiving immunosuppressive treatment. A 25-year-old female is reported who ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Stainforth J,Goodfield MJ

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Intraoperative frozen section analysis (IFSA) is traditionally performed for complex and high-risk non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) resections, particularly when surgery under a general anaesthetic and a complex reconstruction is required, and where Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) is not available. METHODS...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Moncrieff MD,Shah AK,Igali L,Garioch JJ

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00