We report on a case of psoriatic arthritis associated with nail psoriasis that was successfully treated with adalimumab. A 51-year-old Japanese woman presented with joint swelling and pain. She had noticed fingernail deformity five years previously. Swelling and pain of the 2nd and 4th distal interphalangeal (DIP) joints of the left hand had occurred about one year earlier, and had worsened thr...

Parent involvement (PI) in school is associated with more positive academic performance and social competence in children. However, there are inadequacies in current measures of PI and a need for a better understanding of predictors of PI. In this study, measures were obtained from a normative sample of 387 children in kindergarten and first grade from high-risk neighborhoods in 4 different sit...

Red nail is a common disorder. However, a thorough examination of the patient's nails allows one to distinguish different diseases. For example, longitudinal erythronychia may be monodactylous or polydactylous. Only the former type can show histologically Bowen's disease or an amelanotic melanoma. Among the polydactylous type, the nosologic position of the acantholytic and dyskeratotic naevus v...

Aplasia cutis congenita type VI, also known as Bart syndrome, is a rare genetic mechanobullous disorder characterized by congenital localized absence of skin, mucocutaneous blistering lesions, and nail abnormalities. We present the case of a 4-h-old male newborn who presented with complete absence of skin over the anteromedial aspect of both lower legs associated with nail dystrophy since birth...

Psoriatic arthritis is a spondyloarthropathy which occurs in patients with skin and/or nail psoriasis. Basing its characterization on morphological purposes, several types of arthritis have been described. Alternatively, we propose a simplified classification into three subsets, focusing on the levels of expression of cutaneous and articular elements which devise this syndrome. The first is est...

Physical examination There were multiple ulcerations over the lower lip (Figure 1). The gingiva was swollen and inflamed (Figure 1). Lace-like whitish streaks and well-defined Date: 13 March, 2002 Venue: Yaumatei Dermatology Clinic Organizer: Social Hygiene Service, DH; Clinico-pathological Seminar whitish plaques were found on the lower lip, gingiva and the left buccal mucosa (Figures 1& 2). T...

Suggested scheme for the treatment of onychomycosis A stepped therapeutic approach to the treatment of onychomycosis is suggested. The risks of failure of treatment include the fungal involvement of the lunula portion, the lateral edge of the nail and the subungual area. Infection of the subungual area may lead to extensive onycholysis or dermatophytoma presenting as a hard subungual mass or as...

INTRODUCTION Erythrodermic psoriasis is a rare generalized clinical presentation of psoriasis in children and adults. Its systemic involvement and a diverse range of clinical findings in the joint and nails are commonly described. A high index of suspicion and an exhaustive differential diagnosis involving other causes of erythroderma should be initially considered. CASE PRESENTATION We prese...

Carcinome epidermoide de l’appareil ungueal de l’Hallux sans atteinte osseuse: une observation chez un patient traité par amputation Squamous cell carcinoma of the nail apparatus on the hallux without osseous involvement: study of a patient treated by amputation Koffi Léopold Krah, Mohamed Béchir Karray, Mouadh Nefiss, Christian Darga, Mohamed Bouabdellah, Mondher Kooli Service Orthopédie Traum...