A number of important, interesting articles pertaining to paediatric dermatology were published in 2013 to 2014. Some of them were related to infections; like swimmer’s nodules on limbs due to an outbreak of atypical mycobacterial infection in school swimming pools. The risk factors include atopy and immunocompromised state. Other topics included (1) a winter outbreak of atypical hand, foot and...

A 26-year-old woman presented with a 5-month history of painful oral erosions and a 1-month history of widespread flaccid vesicles over her face and torso. A biopsy specimen of a skin lesion revealed suprabasal acantholysis. The diagnosis of pemphigus vulgaris (PV) was confirmed by a positive intercellular (IC) antibody titer. The patient was treated with prednisolone (30-45 mg/d) combined with...

A 78-year-old man, without personal or family antecedents, consulted for acquired anorexia and profuse diarrhoea with eight to 10 bowel movements per day for the last 6 weeks, appearing suddenly without an epidemic or medicinal context and not relieved by symptomatic treatments. His general condition was preserved but the patient reported the loss of 6 kg. The clinical examination detected onyc...

BACKGROUND Road running is a growing sport. OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of sports-related dermatoses among road runners. METHODS Cross-sectional study of 76 road runners. Assessment was performed by means of a questionnaire, interview, and clinical examination. The chi-square and linear trend tests were used for analysis. RESULTS Most athletes were men (61%), aged 38±11 years, ...

Cronkhite-Canada syndrome (CCS) is a rare nongenetic polyposis syndrome first reported by Cronkhite and Canada in 1955. Up to the present time, the literature consists of ∼400 cases of CCS with the majority being reported from Japan although 49 cases have been described in China.CCS is characterized by diffuse polyposis of the digestive tract in association with ectodermal changes, such as onyc...

BACKGROUND There have been a few reported cases of congenital great toenail dystrophy (GTND), described as a congenital malalignment of the great toenails. However, acquired GTDN is rare, and has not been documented extensively. This study aimed to describe the clinical features of 21 patients with acquired GTND. METHODS Twenty-one patients with acquired GTND who visited Yeouido St. Mary's Ho...

Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) is a mucocutaneous disorder induced by an immune-complex-mediated hypersensitivity reaction. Nearly half of cases are caused by a reaction to drugs or appear during viral infections and malignancies. A very few cases are caused by a bacterial infection (Streptococcus) or Mycoplasma pneumoniae. Graft versus host disease is another well-established cause, independen...

BACKGROUND Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) encompasses a broad range of lymphoproliferative diseases affecting the skin and can be clinically misleading due to its variable presentation. Nail alterations commonly appear in advanced-stage mycosis fungoides and true Sézary syndrome; however, they may be present in any stage of the disease. Although proper recognition of nail involvement in CTCL ...