These guidelines have been prepared for dermatologists on behalf of the British Association of Dermatologists and reflect the best data available at the time the report was prepared. Caution should be exercised in interpreting the data; the results of future studies may require alteration of the conclusions or recommendations in this report. It may be necessary or even desirable to depart from ...

From the moment the Olavide Museum opened its doors in 1882 until its content was packed up around 1965 and lost sight of for a time, it underwent a succession of changes. Some of those changes cannot be fully documented now because the archives of the Provincial Council (Diputación) of Madrid were lost during the Spanish Civil War. The museum was initially housed in Hospital de San Juan de Dio...

BACKGROUND In recent years, skin diseases in wrestling have finally received the attention they deserve. Outbreaks of tinea corporis are often associated with sports involving extensive bodily contact; such sports include wrestling. Tinea corporis gladiatorum is primarily caused by Trichophyton tonsurans, infecting wrestlers at alarming rates. The management of skin infections in wrestlers and ...

BACKGROUND Dermatologic disorders are common in many countries but the spectrum varies greatly. Many studies have reported a significant burden of skin diseases in school children. The objective of this study was to determine the current spectrum of dermatological disorders in primary school children in Dar es Salaam city. METHODS Primary school children were recruited by multistage sampling....

underlying vasculature was present (Figure 1, b). The patient reported that these lesions began to appear 2 years ago, with a worsening in the last 6 months. He also reported a chronic cough and dyspnea. According to the patient’s medical history, he was treated for tinea capitis with radiotherapy of the scalp at the age of 7, with temporary hair-loss and subsequent total re-growth. Additionall...

Results: Incidence of incomplete excision was 12% and involvement of the deep margin was observed in 54% of these lesions. Factors related to incomplete excision were infiltrative, morpheic and micronodular subtypes, lesions larger than 20 mm, those repaired by skin grafts and those that received local anesthesia. There was no statistically significant difference in age, sex, site of lesions an...

This is the first case report of tinea capitis associated with Cryptococcus laurentii as well as Candida parapsilosis in an eleven year old male which responded to treatments with griseofulvin, lamisil, as well as fluconazole only to show recurrent alopecia from an underlying problem of trichotillomania. When confronted with the biopsy diagnosis of trichotillomania, the family admitted knowledg...