The association of hepatitis C viral infection with porphyria cutanea tarda in the Lothian region of Scotland.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Erythromelalgia is a rare disorder characterized by the clinical syndrome of burning pain, warmth and redness of the limbs. Neurological abnormalities (both large- and small-fibre neuropathy) are common. There have been few published reports on the sensory status of patients with erythromelalgia. AIM:To inv...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Genebriera J,Michaels JD,Sandroni P,Davis MD

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Waldenström macroglobulinaemia (WM) is a chronic lymphoproliferative disorder characterized by the presence of a monoclonal IgM paraprotein. Specific cutaneous features of WM include neoplastic cell infiltrates, IgM storage papules and IgM bullous dermatosis. We report a patient with subepidermal bullous disease assoc...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Chattopadhyay M,Rytina E,Dada M,Bhogal BS,Groves R,Handfield-Jones S

更新日期：2013-12-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND:We conducted a re-audit of the surgical practice of UK dermatologists for the treatment of nonmelanoma skin cancer and examined changes with reference to our previous audit in 2014. The audit was supplemented by a detailed assessment of completeness of the histopathology reports for each tumour. METHODS:UK ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Keith DJ,Bray AP,Brain A,Mohd Mustapa MF,Barrett HE,Lane S,Emmerich M,Jakes A,Barrett PD,de Berker DAR

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The two photodermatoses, polymorphic light eruption (PLE) and chronic actinic dermatitis (CAD), are characterized by lymphocyte-rich inflammatory infiltrates, the pathogeneses of which are not fully understood. We have therefore studied suction blister fluid (SBF) samples from patients with these conditions before and...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Norris P,Bacon K,Bird C,Hawk J,Camp R

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective case series of 53 female patients with incontinentia pigmenti (IP) including 28 secondary cases (female relatives of probands) was reviewed and compared with other series in an attempt to estimate more accurately the true disease burden of patients with IP. We found that, while the frequency of the fir...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Phan TA,Wargon O,Turner AM

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Symptomatic dermographism is a common urticarial condition. There is a need for an objective method to determine the provocation threshold for patients, in order to facilitate individualized diagnosis and treatment. AIM:To compare the dermal responses evoked by a new type of dermographometer (FricTest) with...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Mlynek A,Vieira dos Santos R,Ardelean E,Weller K,Magerl M,Church MK,Maurer M

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ectodermal dysplasias (ED) are developmental disorders affecting tissues of ectodermal origin including hair, nail, teeth and sweat glands. To date, four different types of ectodermal dysplasias involving only hair and nails have been described. In an effort to understand the molecular basis of ED of hair and nails, a...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Naeem M,John P,Ali G,Ahmad W

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies in white populations have confirmed advanced age as a risk factor for cutaneous melanoma, but in nonwhite populations, its role is less clear. To clarify a possible association in our local population, comprising 94.9% Chinese, a retrospective epidemiological study of 20 years of data on cutaneous melanoma bet...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Hui SK,Tang WY,Wong TW,Lau KH,Lee S,Chong LY,Lo KK

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malignant melanoma (MM), accounts for around 10% of skin cancers. To date, there have been few data on patient satisfaction with initial management of MM. OBJECTIVE:To identify the predictors of patient satisfaction with initial diagnosis and management of MM. METHODS:Data on 214 patients were collected us...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Sheth N,Sarker SJ,Harries M,Healy C,Russell-Jones R,Acland K

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a man with a 3-year-history of a striking eruption of small, 2-3 mm diameter keratotic, crateriform papules distributed symmetrically over the lower limbs. Morphologically the individual papules closely resembled those described in acrokeratoelastoidosis (AK) of Costa and in focal acral hyperkeratosis of Dow...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Helbling I,Tucker SC,Chalmers RJ

更新日期：2001-05-01 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：: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：: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:This is the first study investigating scabies treatment since 1992 to involve examination of patients with microscopically confirmed scabies. AIM:To assess the efficacy of 1% lindane cream in treating microscopically confirmed scabies, and to determine the utility of dermoscopy-guided skin scraping with mic...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Park SE,Her Y,Kim SS,Kim CW

更新日期：2015-08-01 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：:We report a case of follicular porokeratosis of Mibelli affecting the natal cleft in a 42-year-old white man. To our knowledge, this is the first report in the English-language literature of follicular porokeratosis of Mibelli limited to the genitogluteal area. ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Yong AS,Singh M,Goulding JM,Swale VJ

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：: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：:Neurotrophic ulceration of the face is a rare but well recognized sequel to division of the trigeminal nerve. Trauma is an important contributory factor and thought to be due in part to paraesthesiae, which encourages picking and scratching, with resultant chronic and persistent ulceration. A case is described of an 8...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Mayer RD,Smith NP

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dapsone has potent anti-inflammatory effects, and is used in the treatment of leprosy, cutaneous vasculitis, neutrophilic dermatoses, and dermatitis herpetiformis and other blistering disorders. However, it may cause severe adverse reactions such as hypersensitivity syndrome, which is characterized by fever, skin rash...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Chun JS,Yun SJ,Kim SJ,Lee SC,Won YH,Lee JB

更新日期：2009-12-01 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：:The high-affinity receptor for immunoglobulin E (IgE), FcepsilonRI, plays a central role in the initiation and control of atopic allergic inflammation. On mast cells and basophils, the function of the receptor is well known and constitutes cellular degranulation and the release of various mediators. FcepsilonRI on ant...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： von Bubnoff D,Novak N,Kraft S,Bieber T

更新日期：2003-03-01 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：: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：:We report a 72-year-old man on haemodialysis who presented with multiple abscesses on his lower legs. Routine bacterial culture of abscess pus was reported as 'sterile' after 48 h, leading to the suspicion of a mycobacterial infection. Skin biopsy taken for mycobacterial microscopy and culture isolated a heavy growth ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Morris-Jones R,Fletcher C,Morris-Jones S,Brown T,Hilton RM,Hay R

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present two patients who developed pseudoporphyria whilst taking isotretinoin (Roaccutane). At that time, both patients were receiving other agents which could be incriminated as causing their pseudoporphyria. However, it is significant that these other agents had been longstanding and that the porphyria-like cutan...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Riordan CA,Anstey A,Wojnarowska F

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：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