The HIV pandemic has wreaked enormous financial, political and health related havoc. 2.1 million Indians account for people living with HIV. Mucocutaneous manifestations occur in almost all individuals with HIV infection. Their incidence increases with decreasing immunity which can be indicated by falling CD4 counts. Getting familiar with mucocutaneous manifestations in HIV affected individuals...

Fig. 1 : Pappulonodular lesions over the face Fig. 2: Pappulonodular lesions over the tongue and soft palate Fig. 3: Smear biopsy of the skin lesion showing multiple amastigotes of Leishmania tropica intracellularly A 27 year old Hindu male, resident of district Barmer, Rajasthan , presented with multiple, diffuse, brownish, non umbilicated, papulonodular, non itchy, swellings of size 2 22 mm a...

Oral lichen planus (OLP) is a chronic mucocutaneous inflammatory disease, associated with altered cell‐mediated immunological function. It has been characterised by long‐term evolution, repeated exacerbations, sometimes painful and resistant to treatment, or even all of these. OLP significantly affects quality patient's life. There higher risk malignant transformation accompanied similar appear...

Background: Pemphigus vulgaris, a chronic mucocutaneous disease, is the most prevalent type of pemphigus which manifests with development of bullae and erosions on skin and mucosal membranes. Objectives: To investigate the potential role of IL-23 in pemphigus vulgaris. Methods: In this study, 30 patients with pemphigus vulgaris and 30 healthy individuals were selected according to inclusion and...

A 19-year-old man with refractory generalized epilepsy related to tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) (figure 1) complained of chronic left facial swelling. Physical examination disclosed typical mucocutaneous findings of TSC (hypomelanotic macules, shagreen patch, ungual fibromas, facial angiofibromas) and a hardened well-limited mass in his left maxilla, evidenced as an odontogenic extensive lef...

Results Out of 156 patients, 73 (47%) were admitted with obvious clinical signs and symptoms, whereas 83 (53%) had no signs and symptoms, and they were diagnosed through screens or check-up tests. The most frequent clinical symptoms on first admission were mucocutaneous manifestations of HIV infection (13,5%), weight loss (8%), persistent generalized lymphadenopathy (4,5%), pulmonary tuberculos...