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Hansen’s Disease (Leprosy) – Clinical features (For professionals)
Thursday, June 10th, 2010Leprosy primarily affects the skin and nerves of humans. The lesions may be remarkably asymptomatic even after years of existence. However, some patients develop reactions resulting in painful cutaneous lesions accompanied by fever, malaise and other symptoms. Most frequently the first signs develop on the skin, even though the nerve is always involved simultaneously. In […]
Hansen’s Disease (Leprosy) – The disease and its classification (For professionals)
Thursday, June 10th, 2010The type of disease developed is partially linked to the HLA genes: HLA DR2 and HLA DR3 predispose to tuberculoid disease and HLA–Mt1 to lepromatous disease. Environmental factors such as poor nutrition and poor sanitation play a role through altered immunity in a yet ill-understood mechanism. Human disease results from formation of granulomas in the […]
Hansen’s Disease (Leprosy): Etiology: Mycobacterium leprae and its transmission (For Professionals)
Thursday, June 10th, 2010Mycobacterium leprae is the cause of leprosy – the organism being first discovered by Armauer Hansen in 1873. The infected human being is considered to be the only source of infection. Although 4% of the nine-banded armadillo in the USA have naturally acquired leprosy-like disease, only a handful of the spread from the armadillo to […]
Hansen’s Disease (Leprosy) – Introduction (For professionals)
Thursday, June 10th, 2010Leprosy has struck fear into human beings for thousands of years. Since ancient times, leprosy has been regarded as a highly contagious, mutilating and incurable disease and this has led to an intense negative reaction from the community – many of whom dread the people afflicted with leprosy more than the disease itself. However, with […]
Australasia (Oceania) – Countries where the website is accessed (01-08.2010)
Thursday, June 10th, 2010The Global Dermatology Information Portal has been visited in the following countries/territories: Australia French Polynesia Guam Micronesia New Caledonia New Zealand Vanuatu Wallis and Futuna The top 5 countries/territories with the most visitors are: Australia New Zealand New Caledonia French Polynesia Wallis and Futuna
Skin lesions in Crohn’s disease (for professionals)
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010Dr Christophe HSU – dermatologist. Geneva, Switzerland Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory disease of the digestive tract. It is clinically characterized by abdominal pain, bloody stools…Histologically, structures called granulomas are found in the inflammatory affected areas. We are interested in the skin problems which can be associated with this condition because we have observed therapeutical […]
Ischemic Colitis following Mesotherapy in an Overweight Patient
Sunday, May 23rd, 2010Ischemic colitis after mesotherapy combined with anti-obesity medications. Kim JB, Moon W, Park SJ, Park MI, Kim KJ, Lee JN, Kang SJ, Jang LL, Chang HK. World J Gastroenterol. 2010 Mar 28;16(12):1537-40. Mesotherapy as well as anti-obesity medications are advocated as the newest in body contouring and weight loss. While the latter is effective and […]
Poster: SAPHO Syndrome: A « Case Report » (For Professionals)
Sunday, May 23rd, 2010Poster: SAPHO Syndrome: A « Case Report » (For Professionals) SAPHO syndrome is a rare clinical entity standing for: S: synovitis A: acne P: pustulosis H: hyperostosis O: osteitis It was described by KAHN in 1994 and the following criteria are each sufficient for the diagnosis: chronic multifocal ostéomyelitis with or without skin lesions. sterile […]
Poster: Pigmentary Anomalies Along Blaschko’s Lines Secondary To Mosaicism (For Professionals)
Saturday, May 22nd, 2010Poster: Pigmentary Anomalies Along Blaschko’s Lines Secondary To Mosaicism (For Professionals) In this Indian study, 10 consecutive cases of pediatric Patients with pigmentary alterations along Blaschko’s lines are investigated for the following parameters: Pigmentation anomaly: In 6 cases there was hyperpigmentation In 3 patients, there was only hyporpigmentation In 1 case both hyperpigmentation and hypopigmentation. […]
Poster: Cryotherapy compared with a solution of KOH 10% in the treatment of Molluscum Contagiosum (For Professionals)
Saturday, May 22nd, 2010Poster: Cryotherapy compared with a solution of KOH 10% in the treatment of Molluscum Contagiosum (For Professionals) BACKGROUND Molluscum contagiosum(MC) is a common viral skin lesion in children and spontaneous resolution takes between 6 to 18 months. Treatments are often requested for cosmetic reasons as well as cumbersome locations (eyes). The authors sought to compare […]
