INTRODUCTION The role of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in the diagnosis of cutaneous tuberculosis in clinical practice has not been defined as no PCR assay has been tested in a large-scale clinical study. The objective of this study was to test the clinical utility of a PCR assay in the diagnosis of different types of cutaneous tuberculosis and tuberculids. MATERIALS AND METHODS Analysis of...

Sir, Sarcoidosis is a chronic multi-system disease of unknown origin involving the eyes, skin, lungs, heart, bones and nerves. Skin lesions are relatively common, and are classified as either specific or non-specific (1). Specific lesions are those that show the typical sarcoid granulomas, including lupus pernio, infiltrated plaques, maculopapular eruptions, subcutaneous nodules and infiltratio...

T e r e w e r e m a n y i n f l u e n c e s responsible for the glories of NeoViennese medicine . Ferdinand Von Hebra (1816-1880) is considered as the founder of classical dermatology. Hebra was born in Moravia, and received his medical degree from University of Vienna. He was appointed in Josef Skoda’s chest clinic at the Allgemeines Krankenhause. Skoda, seeing his interest in diseases of skin...