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Dermatology in Systemic Disease – Table of Contents

Sunday, January 27th, 2013

Iron Deficiency Anemia (Anaemia) And The Skin Skin lesions in Crohn’s disease (2) Mesothelioma and the Skin Morphea (Localized Scleroderma)

Skin Manifestations of Crohn’s Disease (For Profesionals)

Sunday, January 27th, 2013

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) may manifest itself in the skin. One such IBD is Crohn’s disease. This IBD affects the gut anywhere from the mouth to the anus and results to gut obstruction and painful diarrhea. There may also be fever, constipation, weight loss, and painful joints due to inflammation brought about by triggers. However, [...]

Protected: Melasma (Chloasma, Pregnancy Mask) – Table of Contents

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012

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Tokelau (Tinea Imbricata) – Table of Contents

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012

Introduction: a “beautiful” fungal infection Causes (Etiology) Geographical Distribution Clinical Presentation Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis Treatment Bibliography

Cholesterol and the Skin – Table of Contents

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012

Introduction Drugs inducing increased cholesterol levels Skin conditions associated with elevated cholesterol Skin conditions induced by statin use (treatment) Statins: A new therapeutic drug in Dermatology ?

Dermatology in Infectious Diseases – Table of Contents

Saturday, October 20th, 2012

Carrion’s Disease and the Skin American Trypanosomiasis (Chagas Disease) and the skin Cholera and the skin Dengue Fever and the skin Influenza (flu) and the skin Hansen’s Disease (Leprosy) HIV infection/AIDS and the Skin Malaria and the skin Schistosomiasis (Bilharziosis) and the Skin African Trypanosomiasis (Sleeping Sickness) and the Skin Tuberculosis and the Skin

Seborrheic Keratosis – Table of Contents (For Professionals)

Monday, October 15th, 2012

Table of Contents (For Professionals) Seborrheic keratosis=SK Introduction -Historical Features -Epidemiology Clinical Features -Clinical Presentation -Differential diagnosis on clinical grounds Dermatoscopical Features -Differential Diagnosis on dermoscopical grounds Histological Features Association of SK with systemic disease Etiology -Origin of SK follicular epithelium solar lentigo -Causal factors Uv exposure HPV infection (Human papillomavirus)) deficiency in presenilin vitamin [...]

Introduction (For Professionals)

Friday, October 12th, 2012

Seborrheic keratosis (SK) is a benign epidermal neoplasm which presents as an eruption of one to hundreds of  papules or plaques. The major potential burden for the patient is a cosmetic nuisance, but a florid acute appearance of SK lesions can rarely be associated with an internal neoplasm {Vielhauer, 2000; Heaphy, 2000; Grob, 1991}. Sometimes, [...]

Clinical Features (For Professionals)

Thursday, October 11th, 2012

Clinical Features (For Professionals) Dr Christophe HSU – dermatologist. Geneva, Switzerland Clinical Presentation Usually, the diagnosis is straightforward. Histology is needed in doubtful cases. {Pierson, 2003}SKs have many ways of presenting, they can appear as macules, papules or plaques which are normally sharply demarcated from the surrounding normal skin.  They are generally brown in colour [...]

Dermoscopical Features (dermatoscopy) (For Professionals)

Tuesday, October 9th, 2012

Seborrheic Keratosis = SK Cerebriform like appearance and milia-like cysts Dermoscopical Features (dermatoscopy) (For Professionals) – Hairpin vessels are long capillary rings which develop at the periphery of keratinising tumours {Kreusch, 1996}. Typically, many vessels bunch together and are surrounded with a white halo, thus giving a grape-like appearance {Braun, 2002}. This characteristic is more [...]

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