HYPOTHESIS Endoscopic thoracic sympathetic block at T4 (ESB4) provides excellent results in patients with primary hyperhidrosis (HH) of the upper limb. Most patients have combined palmo-plantar or palmo-axillary-plantar HH. This study evaluates the clinical outcome of patients with upper limb HH with special emphasis on plantar sweating and patients' quality of life. DESIGN Review of a prospe...

Background: Human papilloma virus is a large group of DNA containing viruses that infect squamous epithelium skin or uncornified mucous membrane. Aim: To compare the outcomes MMR vaccine V/S 5 fluorouracil in treatment palmo-plantar warts patients among male and female patients. Study Design: Experimental study. Methodology: In order to collect data, simple random sampling technique was used. E...

Background. Darier's disease (DD), also known as Keratosis Follicularis or Darier-White disease, is a rare disorder of keratinization. DD can present as a generalized autosomal dominant condition as well as a localized or segmental postzygotic condition (Vázquez et al., 2002). Clinical features of DD include greasy, warty papules and plaques on seborrheic areas, dystrophic nails, palmo-plantar ...

An Italian investigation on nutritional risk at hospital admission: The PIMAI (Project: Iatrogenic MAlnutrition in Italy) study Lucio Lucchin , Amleto D’Amicis , Maria Gabriella Gentile , Nino Carlo Battistini , Maria Antonia Fusco , Augusta Palmo , Maurizio Muscaritoli , Franco Contaldo , Emanuele Cereda i,* the PIMAI group Dietetic and Clinical Nutrition Unit, Regional General Hospital, Bolza...

A 50-year-old healthy male was seen for a 6-week history of right leg pain, occasional dyspnea and extensive non-pruritic skin rash in trunk and extremities (Fig. 1A). Physical examination revealed tachypnea with normal breath sounds and a non-confluent maculo-papular rash in the trunk and extremities. No adenopathies, mucosal or palmo-plantar lesions were evident. A contrast-enhanced CT scan s...