Over 30% of diabetic patients develop skin conditions during the course of their disease. The following can occur: a) diseases such as scleredema, bullosis diabeticorum (diabetic bullae), granuloma annulare, waxy skin with limited joint mobility of the fingers, finger pebbling, eruptive xanthomas, yellow skin, and diabetic dermopathy; b) bacterial infections, such as erythrasma, necrotizing fas...

Lichen sclerosus (LS) is a chronic benign inflammatory disorder of skin and mucosa which affects patients of all age groups, sex and race, particularly caucasian prepubertal girls and postmenopausal women. The etiology of LS is unknown, but it has been suggested that genetic predisposition to inflammatory disorders, immunological constitutions, hormonal influences and local factors might play a...

The patients with universal vitiligo and residual pigmented patches usually do not benefit from available repigmenting methods and are better scheduled for depigmentation by medical, laser,and or freezing procedures. A 37-year-old lady with universal vitiligo and remaining pigmentation in the left anterior chest wall, ...

Lichen planus and vitiligo are common skin disorders. Colocalization which is rarely reported may consider the koebner phenomenon related to the photo damage causing initiation of lichen planus over vitiliginous skin. We report a 37-year-old mother and her 23-year-old daughter, both farmers and known cases of vitiligo with subsequent gradual onset of pruritic skin lesions of lichen planus start...

A 34 year man presented to us with itchy lesions on one half of the trunk for the past two months. The lesions started as erythematous to violaceous papules and plaques on the flank and gradually increased in number to involve the left side of the trunk (Figure 1 and 2). Some areas showed the Koebner phenomenon. These lesions were distributed along the lines of Blaschko. Examination of the oral...

All new cases of vitiligo reporting to Dermatology Outpatient of Combined Military Hospital, Panu Aqil, were included in the study. Of the 230 patients, 124 were male (53.9%) and 106 were female (46.1%). Males were more commonly affected. The disease affected all age groups. Mean age at presentation was 27.02 + 18.34 years and age at presentation ranged from 5.5 months to 82 years. The mean age...