Vol. 25, No. 2, 2013 271 Received December 27, 2011, Revised July 31, 2012, Accepted for publication September 19, 2012 Corresponding author: María Luisa Martínez-Martínez, Department of Dermatology, University General Hospital of Albacete, falcó brothers, No. 37, 02006, Albacete, Spain. Tel: 34-967-59-71-00, Fax: 34-697-24-39-52, E-mail: mlmartinezm@ sescam.jccm.es This is an Open Access artic...

Erythroderma is an unusual cutaneous finding associated with dermatomyositis. There are only five cases of erythrodermic dermatomyositis reported in the English literature. We treated a case of erythrodermic dermatomyositis associated with a Bormann type 1 gastric cancer. The patient had a generalized, erythematous scaly eruption consistent with erythroderma and Gottron's papules as well as a h...

The profile of 247 patients with erythroderma during a 23 year period from January, 1962 through March, 1985, with a follow-up period ranging from 1 to 26 years were analysed. The patients presented with diffuse erythema, scaling and pruritus of more than 2 months' duration, and the age ranged from 16 to 60 years. Psoriasis was the most frequent underlying disease with an estimated frequency of...

Non-bullous congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma (NBCIE) is an autosomal recessive form of inherited icthyosis appears as fine white scales that gradually replace collodion membrane. This case report describes management of 5 years and 11-month-old child with NBCIE suffering from early childhood caries (ECC) under general anesthesia. How to cite this article: Choudhary R, Satish V. Dental Trea...

Epidermolytic hyperkeratosis (EHK) or bullous congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma is a rare autosomal dominant disorder characterized by an early onset, with erythroderma and bullous lesions, leading to severe generalized hyperkeratosis in adulthood. Mutations have been found in keratin 1 and keratin 10 genes. The clinical manifestations of EHK present striking heterogeneity and at least six ...

BACKGROUND Dermatomyositis is a humoral-mediated inflammatory myopathy with symmetrical proximal muscle weakness and dermatological manifestations such as Gottron's papules, heliotrope rash, periungual abnormalities, and flagellate erythema. Erythroderma is a severe and potentially life-threatening dermatological condition with diffuse erythema and scaling involving more than 90% of the skin su...