BACKGROUND Financial constraints challenge evidence of the effectiveness of dermatological inpatient management. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of hospitalization in atopic dermatitis and psoriasis regarding initial and sustained benefits. METHODS Prospective study on adults with psoriasis vulgaris (n = 22) and atopic dermatitis (n = 14). At admission, discharge, and 3 months after...

Extraskeletal mesenchymal chondrosarcoma is extremely rare and, in combination with psoriasis, it has never been described before. We report a case of wide resection of an extraskeletal chondrosarcoma of the thigh and reconstruction with a femoral megaprosthesis in a patient with psoriasis vulgaris. Special emphasis has been laid to postoperative wound healing in psoriatic skin which did not sh...

BACKGROUND The possibility of a causal influence of emotional stress, especially of stressful life events, on the course of various skin diseases has long been postulated. Previous reports addressing its influence on skin psoriasis and chronic urticaria have been mainly anecdotal. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the stressful events of life within 1 year preceding onset or exa...

AIM To assess the efficacy of betamethasone dipropionate 0.05% cream plus ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation with and without additional penicillin therapy in the treatment of guttate psoriasis, and to compare the efficacies of oral psoralen plus ultraviolet A (PUVA) therapy and systemic retinoids therapy for treatment of generalized psoriasis. METHODS Sixty patients with guttate (n = 20) and gene...

Pruritus was assessed in plaque psoriasis, atopic eczema and acne vulgaris using visual analogue scales. The results demonstrate that itch is a common and frequently troublesome symptom in plaque psoriasis. This observation should be more widely recognised in textbooks and publications.

Psoriasis is a chronic, relapsing dermatose characterized by erythematous scaly plaques. Histopathological signs parakeratosis, losing of granular layer, acanthosis, papillomatosis, microabscess, capillary proliferation, excessive mitosis up to 50 fold. Differential diagnosis of psoriasis should be done with all bacterial-viral diseases, tumors, precancerous lesions, mycosis fungoides, subacute...

PURPOSE To evaluate whether alterations in plasma vitamin A and E levels in patients with psoriasis have an effect on tear film changes. METHODS Sixty-two eyes of 31 patients with psoriasis vulgaris (Group A) and 74 eyes of 37 age- and gender-matched control subjects (Group B) were included in the study. Ocular and medical histories and dietary habits were obtained from each patient. The tear...

BACKGROUND Palmoplantar pustulosis (PPP) is a recalcitrant chronic inflammatory skin disease. Data relevant for the medical care of patients with PPP are scarce. Thus, the aim of this work was to investigate the disease burden, clinical characteristics, and comorbidity of PPP patients in Germany. PATIENTS AND METHODS PPP patients were examined in a crosssectional study at seven specialized ps...