Few cases of dermatosis neglecta have been reported in the medical literature, although the diagnosis is well-known to dermatologists. Recognizing this condition avoids unnecessary, aggressive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. This case report discusses two cases of this condition in female patients in whom the dermatosis developed as a result of deliberate or unconscious neglect of person...

Malva dendromorpha, European tree mallow, has not previously been described as a serious environmental weed. Over the last two to three decades tree mallow has invaded seabird nesting islands off the West Australian coast, growing in dense clumps to 3m tall and outcompeting native perennial species including Malva australiana, the Australian native hollyhock. As a result of excessive growth of ...

Dermatitis neglecta (DN) is a condition that arises secondary to inadequate cleansing and self-neglect leading the accumulation of epidermal debris, corneocytes sebum. Rarely reported, it often diagnostically challenging can mimic other pathologies. It typically in cases chronic disability or psychiatric illness. We present case 72-year-old lady with extensive hyperkeratotic plaques vulva. Init...

Homoeologous metaphase I (MI) associations in hybrids between durum wheat and its wild allotetraploid relatives Aegilops neglecta, Ae. triuncialis and Ae. ventricosa have been characterized by a genomic in situ hybridization procedure that allows simultaneous discrimination of A, B and wild species genomes. Earlier results in equivalent hybrids with the wild species Ae. cylindrica and Ae. genic...