Erosive palmoplantar lichen planus (LP), also known as ulcerative or bullous LP, was first described by Cram et al. in 1966 as a rare variant of LP that can affect mucous membranes, palms, and soles. It presents clinically as erythematous, ulcerated plaques that run an extremely chronic course and are resistant to all types of treatment. The patient was an 84-year-old woman with a personal hist...

BACKGROUND The term "atopic march" has been used to imply a natural progression of a cascade of symptoms from eczema to asthma and rhinitis through childhood. We hypothesize that this expression does not adequately describe the natural history of eczema, wheeze, and rhinitis during childhood. We propose that this paradigm arose from cross-sectional analyses of longitudinal studies, and may refl...

BACKGROUND Recent cross-sectional studies suggest a link between butylbenzyl phthalate (BBzP) in house dust and childhood eczema. OBJECTIVES We aimed to evaluate whether concentrations of monobenzyl phthalate (MBzP), the main BBzP metabolite in urine, during pregnancy are associated prospectively with eczema in young children, and whether this association varies by the child's sensitization t...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to estimate the association between eczema in early childhood and the onset of asthma and rhinitis later in life in children. METHODS A total of 3,124 children aged 1-2 years were included in the Dampness in Building and Health (DBH) study in the year 2000, and followed up 5 years later by a parental questionnaire based on an International Study of Asthma and Aller...

Eczema is frequently the first manifestation of an atopic diathesis and alteration in the diversity of gut microbiota has been reported in infants with eczema. To identify specific bacterial communities associated with eczema, we conducted a case-control study of 50 infants with eczema (cases) and 51 healthy infants (controls). We performed high-throughput sequencing for V3-V4 hypervariable reg...

62 Indian Dermatology Online Journal | Volume 9 | Issue 1 | January‐February 2018 Sir, Darier disease [DD; Darier‐White disease or (dys) keratosis follicularis], is an autosomal dominant disorder of keratinization with characteristic dermatologic findings such as keratotic papules on the seborrheic regions, brittle nails and longitudinal erythronychia, and palmoplantar pitting. Hypopigmented ma...

Sir, Tegafur, a fluorinated pyrimidine analogue of 5Fluorouracil (5-FU), is metabolized in vivo with biotransformation to 5-FU (1). It is effective in the treatment of gastrointestinal carcinoma, with the advantages of low myelosuppression and lack of immunosuppression. The cutaneous adverse effects of Tegafur include stomatitis, dry skin, disseminated rash, alopecia, photosensitivity, palmopla...

A 60 year old man had asymptomatic progressive pigmentation of the palms (fig 1), fingertips (fig 2), and soles for the last 20 years. Besides this, he had discoloration of his sclerae (fig 3). He was well but for low backache and joint pains of a few months’ duration. Histopathological examination of the skin lesion was diagnostic (fig 4). Questions (1) What is your diagnosis? (2) What are the...