Actinic prurigo is a rare disease occurring mainly in individuals of American Indian origin and those living in high altitudes. Skin lesions consist of pruritic popular or nodular excoriated lesions mainly affecting exposed skin but covered skin is also involved in up to 50% of patients. This is the first case report of an Iranian patient. This 19-year-old female had pruritic popular and ...

Background: Granulomatous dermatoses are common skin pathology, often need histopathological confirmation for diagnosis. Histologically six sub-types of granulomas found in granulomatous skin diseases- tuberculoid, sarcoidal, necrobiotic, suppurative, foreign body & histoid type. The aims of the present study were clinico-pathological evaluation of granulomatous skin l...

Folliculotropic mycosis fungoides (FMF) is one of the three recognized variants fungoides. FMF predominates in men over 50 years old. Often it takes a long time for definitive diagnosis after onset skin lesions. Dermoscopy today represents almost an extension clinical dermatological examination, with its application being expanded day medical literature. The authors demonstrate dermoscopic find...

Results Eighty children (56.2% females) with a mean age of 6.7 yrs (SD=4.035) where evaluated for 83 suspected BL HSR. The mean time elapsed between the reaction and the clinical assessment was of 3.1 yrs (SD=3.36). The most frequently implicated drugs were amoxicillin/ clavulanate (54.2%) and amoxicillin (32.5%). BL were prescribed for tonsillitis in 32.5%, otitis in 21.7% and upper airways in...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the distribution of skin lesions, clinical features, and associated abnormalities in children with cutis marmorata telangiectatica congenita at onset and during follow-up. DESIGN Retrospective survey of the available medical data with an average follow-up of 1 year 5 months (range, 0-7 years). SETTING Pediatric Dermatology Unit (Department of Dermatovenereology) of the...

BACKGROUND Cutaneous metastases can have variable clinical appearances and can mimic benign skin lesions. They are usually seen in patients with advanced disease, but they can be the presenting lesion. CASE PRESENTATION A 48-year-old woman presented with a 3-month history of progressive appearance of multiple asymptomatic nodular lesions on the chest. The recognition of cutaneous metastases o...

Biologic therapies may cause so-called "paradoxical side-effects," that is, the onset or exacerbation of new symptoms/diseases for which biological treatment should be effective. Among these, psoriatic skin lesions have been described. We report a case series of ten patients with either new onset (seven cases) or worsening (three cases) of psoriasis occurring during a biologic therapy. Six pati...

Coma blisters are lesions that occur in the setting of a variety of neurological diseases. Although most commonly associated with barbiturate overdose, they can be seen in the setting of coma due to other etiologies. Blisters develop 48-72 h after the onset of unconsciousness. We report the case of a 29-year-old man who presented to the emergency department with confusion and progressive loss o...

Late-Onset Epilepsy (LOE), with onset in adult life, is often attributed to cerebrovascular disease and intracranial tumor. Herein we present a LOE patient with history of Linear Scleroderma en Coup de Sabre (LScs) and abnormal cranial MRI signs. Curiously, his band-like skin lesion, presenting on the forehead, was in line with the surface projection of the intracranial focus shown in MRI. This...