Subcorneal pustular dermatosis is a rare chronic relapsing bullous neutrophilic dermatosis. Because it can be associated with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance and multiple myeloma, screening for these conditions necessary. Herein, we present case subcorneal dermatosis, concurrent significance, successfully treated acitretin.

background: diagnosis of the early phase of mycosis fungoides (mf) is sometimes difficult. loss of cd7 expression is considered a distinguishing characteristic of mf. the aim of this study was to determine the range of cd7 expression in mf and compare the results with benign inflammatory dermatosis and equivocal cases of possible mf.   methods: during a period of 30 months, we examined 15 patie...

BACKGROUND Terra-firma forme dermatosis, also known as Duncan's dirty dermatosis, is a benign skin condition that presents as dirt-like plaques in patients of all ages. PURPOSE We describe a series of ten patients that presented with terra-firma forme dermatosis. METHODS AND MATERIALS We reviewed PubMed for the following terms: dermatosis, Duncan's dirty dermatosis, isopropyl alcohol, terra...

pemphigoid gestationis (pg) is a rare autoimmune bullous dermatosis of pregnancy usually presents in the second or third trimester. it is characterized by pruritic, urticarial plaques with the development of tense vesicles and bullae within the lesions. pathogenesis of pg is not fully established, however, most patients develop circulating autoantibodies targeting the bullous pemphigoid (bp) 18...

Eosinophilic dermatosis of hematologic malignancy is a rare papulovesicular eruption that presents in patients with hematoproliferative disorders, particularly chronic lymphocytic leukemia. A 59-year-old woman with chronic lymphocytic leukemia who developed eosinophilic dermatosis of hematologic malignancy mimicking varicella zoster infection is described. PubMed database was searched with the ...

Linear morphea is a distinct form of morphea that occurs as a linear band usually with a single unilateral distribution. The lower extremities are most often involved. This dermatosis appears as a linear induration not necessarily related to the derm induration. We report herein a case of 20-year-old Iranian girl who had a linear sclerotic patch on right lower extremity with clinical and ...

Eosinophilic dermatosis of hematologic malignancy is a multifaceted dermatosis with a wide morphological spectrum, presenting as pruritic, erythematous, papular and occasionally vesicular, urticarial, nodular eruptions. Histopathologically eosinophil infiltration in the super and deep dermis was found. We reported a case of eosinophilic dermatosis of hematologic malignancy presented as urticari...

Ashy dermatosis, also known as erythema dyschromicum perstans, is an idiopathic dermal melanosis of unknown etiology. We here describe an unusual case of 63-year-old Caucasian male with ashy dermatosis and skin lesion of lichen pigmentosus-like. No treatment was tried because the lesions were totally asymptomatic. After a control, three months later, all lesions had cleared up. This case is of ...

Ashy dermatosis, also known as erythema dyschromicum perstans, is a peculiar, slowly progressive, idiopathic dermal melanosis. In most cases, slate gray- to lead-colored patches are symmetrically distributed over the body. Ashy dermatosis with a unilateral distribution is rare. We report a case of unilateral ashy dermatosis in a 27-year-old Korean man.

lesions occurred in up to a third of patients who initially responded to alitretinoin after 24 weeks of follow-up. A recent study reported that a second course of treatment with alitretinoin at a dosage of 30mg/d in patients who relapsed achieved clearance in up to 80% of cases, with good tolerance; this would indicate that this medication could be used for long-term management of chronic hand ...