Osteoma cutis of the foot is extremely rare and there are very few reported cases. The incidence of in-growing toenail in the United Kingdom is estimated to be 10,000 new cases per year and many are treated non-operatively. We present a case where osteoma cutis was masquerading as an in-growing toenail, and wish to highlight the condition as a differential diagnosis for this condition. There ha...

Background The Podiatry Department at Peninsula Health services clients in acute, subacute and community, in addition to 98 residential care beds. Podiatrists were concerned about the clinical risk of providing basic toenail cutting which impacted on their ability to provide more frequent, essential treatment to residents who were at higher risk of falls, ulcers and amputations. Residents, thei...

BACKGROUND The patient was aged 34 when he consulted a dermatologist in Vancouver BC with onychomycosis affecting the right great toenail. CASE PRESENTATION Trichophyton rubrum was cultured from nail clippings. Griseofulvin was taken for 6 months, resulting in clinical and mycological cure. Over the next 27 years there were multiple relapses. Each course of treatment with oral terbinafine (fo...

Background and Purpose: It is important to follow annually the probable changes in distribution pattern of dermatophytosis and its etiological agents in different communities. In this study, we determined the prevalence of dermatophytosis and its causative agents in Damascus, Syria, between 2008 and 2016. Materials and Methods: A total of 4080 outpatients who visited the dermatological clini...

ingrowing toenail and onychogryposis cause much disability and discomfort. Pain, with inflammation or sepsis, is the presenting symptom of ingrowing toenail, and the disease is common in adolescents and young adults. Lloyd-Davies and Brill (1963) showed that correct trimming of the nails, with general care of the feet, socks and shoes did much to control and prevent the disease. If this treatme...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of short term treatment with terbinafine on dermatophytosis. DESIGN Multicentre, randomised, double blind placebo controlled trial of 250 mg/day terbinafine for 12 weeks in dermatophyte onychomycosis. SETTING Eight dermatology centres in the United Kingdom. PATIENTS 112 patients (mean age 44, range 19-78), 99 with mycologically proved toenail infections an...