Indian Journal of Dermatology back issues from January 2006:
Management strategies of rheumatological diseases.(Interdisciplinary Platform)(Disease/Disorder overview)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Byline: Alakendu. Ghosh, Biswadip. Ghosh, Dipankar. Sircar Management of rheumatologic diseases has come a long way beyond prescribing NSAIDs and steroids. We have started using biological agents in diseases like ankylosing spondylitis and rheumatoid arthritis where it was ...
Psychiatric morbidity in dermatology patients: Frequency and results of consultations.(Original Article)(Disease/Disorder overview)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Byline: Muammer. Seyhan, Tuba. Aki, Yelda. Karincaoglu, Hamdi. Ozcan BACKGROUND: Dermatological patients quite commonly depict psychiatric morbidity. PURPOSES: To study the psychiatric morbidity among skin patients of our clinic. METHODS: In the present study, the patients who ...
Psychiatric morbidity and pattern of dysfunctions in patients with leprosy.(Original Article)(Disease/Disorder overview)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Byline: M. Bhatia, R. Chandra, S. Bhattacharya, Mohammed. Imran BACKGROUND: Leprosy, being a chronic infectious disease with profound social stigma, remains associated with high psychological mortidity. PURPOSES: To find out the pattern of psychiatric morbidity in leprosy ...
Melanocytic nevi in children: A clinical study.(Original Article)(Disease/Disorder overview)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Byline: M. Senthilkumar, Devinder. Thappa BACKGROUND: Melanocytic nevi show different presentations in children which have not much studied in India. PURPOSES: To document the incidence and pattern of melanocytic nevi in children. METHODS: A total of 4,256 paediatric cases ...
Contact dermatitis in cement workers in Isfahan.(Original Article)(Disease/Disorder overview)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Byline: Fariba. Iraji, Ali. Asilian, Shahla. Enshaieh, Zabiholah. Shamoradi, Gita. Faghihi BACKGROUND: Due to recent industrialization and inadequately protected workers or in other words poor supervision on constructive workers habits in our large city of Isfahan cement contact ...
Atopic dermatitis and ABO blood group.(Original Article)(Disease/Disorder overview)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Byline: Dwijendra. Gangopadhyay, Biswanath. Naskar, Alok Kumar. Roy BACKGROUND: Atopic dermatitis is a chronic recurrent genetically determined skin disease affecting all age groups. PURPOSES: To study epidemiological and environmental factors, clinical patterns and the ...
Evaluation of puva therapy in palmoplantar dermatoses.(Short Communication)(Disease/Disorder overview)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Byline: Alka. Dogra, Aman. Dua, S. Chopra BACKGROUND: Palmoplantar dermatoses often show therapeutic problem. PUVA therapy represents an effective remedy for refractory dermatoses. PURPOSE: To evaluate the response of palmoplantar dermatoses to PUVA therapy. METHODS: A ...
Dermatitis artefacta: Three case reports.(Case Report)(Disease/Disorder overview)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Byline: N. Walia Three cases of dermatitis artefacta are reported for their varied presentation, diagnostic indicators and complex management. A 21-year-old soldier had multiple painful erosions on dorsum of both forearms of three weeks duration normal with inbetween skin. By ...
Painful linear atrophic lichen planus along lines of Blaschko.(Case Report)(Disease/Disorder overview)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Byline: Chembolli. Lakshmi, Jeevan. Divakaran, Ammu. Sivaraman, C. Srinivas Linear lichen planus along the lines of Blaschko is uncommon. Atrophic lichen planus is usually a sequel to resolving annular and ulcerative lesions. We herewith report a case of histopathologically ...
Annualr elastolytic giant cell granuloma with penile involvement.(Case Report)(Disease/Disorder overview)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Byline: Sujata. Sengupta, Jayanta. Das, Asok. Gangopadhyay Annular elastolytic giant cell granuloma is a recently described entity of unknown origin that presents as indolently growing papules and plaques over sun-exposed skin. Histology shows a granulomatous infiltrate with ...
Lipoid proteinosis in two siblings.(Case Report)(Disease/Disorder overview)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Byline: Samira Kumar. Behera, Surajit. Nayak, Basanti. Debi, Antaryami. Sahu, Debiprasad. Mishra Lipoid proteinosis denotes a rare autosomal recessive disorder. We report here lipoid proteinosis in a 31-year-old unmarried female along with her sibling. She had hoarseness of ...
Lipoid proteinosis.(Case Report)(Disease/Disorder overview)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Byline: Sumit. Sen, Gautam. Roy, Debabrata. Bandopadhyay Lipoid proteinosis, a rare autosomal recessive disorder, results from the deposition of hyaline material in the skin, mucous membrane and different organs of the body resulting in a multitude of clinical manifestations ....
Lipoid proteinosis.(autosomal recessive disorder)(Disease/Disorder overview)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Byline: Pooja. Mukhija, Shweta. Singh, Shailendra. Singh, R. Mukhija A three and half years old female child with lipoid proteinosis with no history of parental consanguinity and affected siblings has been reported here. The patient presented with complant of delayed healing, ...
Atypical facial eccrine poromatosis - Effective treatment with topical atropine.(Cameo)(Disease/Disorder overview)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Byline: J. Madhukara, Elizabeth. Jayaseelan, Majorrie. Correa Case Report A 32 year old female residing in a coastal, humid city of India, presented with history of multiple, dome shaped, skin or pinkish coloured, firm, discrete, smooth surfaced lesions, 2 to 5 mm in ...
Donor sealing: A novel method in hair transplant surgery.(SURGICAL PEARL)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Byline: Arvind. Poswal Background Donor sealing is the method employed to decrease visible scarring following full thickness punch excision of the skin in follicular unit extraction in hair transplant surgery. In hair transplant surgery, various methods are used for ...
The recent epidemic of dengue fever in West Bengal: Clinico-serological pattern.(CURRENT PERSPECTIVE)(Disease/Disorder overview)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Byline: Sandipan. Dhar, Rajib. Malakar, Apurba. Ghosh, Ritabrata. Kundu, Maya. Mukhopadhyay, Raghubir. Banerjee Introduction Dengue virus infection is increasingly recognized as one of the world's major emerging infectious diseases. Dengue virus with four distinct ...
Psychocutaneous disorders.(psychological manifestations in patients with skin disease)(Disease/Disorder overview)(Editorial)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Byline: Hemangi. Jerajani, Rajiv. Jerajani Psyche or mind is the largest function in the body, while skin is the largest organ in the body. The anatomical and physiological integrity is maintained when they are congruent in their diverse elements. Discomfort, Disease or Disorder ...
Mutiple asymptomatic papules on face showing summer exacerbation.(DERMA-QUEST)(Disease/Disorder overview)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Byline: Nilay. Das, A. Coondoo, Raghubir. Banerjee, Swati. Worah Case Report A 45-year-old lady presented with multiple asymptomatic eruptions on face, present for the last 3 years and gradually increasing in number. The rashes exhibited seasonal variation becoming ...
Disseminated lymphadenosis benigna cutis.(CORRESPONDENCE COLUMN)(Disease/Disorder overview)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Byline: Emy. Thomas, Kanwal. Masih, Soniya. Sadiq Lymphadenosis benigna cutis (LBC) denotes a group of skin disorders defined as benign lymphoproliferative reaction that may simulate cutaneous malignant lymphomas clinically and/or histologically. As they mimic cutaneous T cell ...
Primary cutaneous histoplasmosis in an immunocompetent host from a non-endemic area.(CORRESPONDENCE COLUMN)(Disease/Disorder overview)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Byline: S. Nanda, C. Grover, A. Goel, D. Kapoor, BSN. Reddy, N. Khurana A 40 year old female presented to us in May 2001 with two asymptomatic, umbilicated lesions over the right cheek and forehead for the past 6 months. A provisional diagnosis of giant molluscum contagiosum ...
Hypomelanosis of ITO.(CORRESPONDENCE COLUMN)(Disease/Disorder overview)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Byline: C. Chethan, K. Ashique, D. Sukumar, B. Nanda Kishore Hypomelanosis of Ito, also known as Incontinentia Pigmenti Achromians (IPA), is a rare neurocutaneous syndrome clinically characterized by macular hypopigmented worls, patches and streaks resembling fountain spray ...
Tacrolimus ointment in the treatment of atopic hand eczema.(CORRESPONDENCE COLUMN)(Drug overview)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Byline: Joseph. Shri, Boaz. Amichai Atopic hand eczema (AHE) is a form of atopic dermatitis, it is a chronic relapsing skin disorder that presents with erythema, edema, itching and fissures, located to fingers and dorsum of hands. It is most frequently treated with topical ...
Hydroxyzine induced urticaria.(CORRESPONDENCE COLUMN)(Drug overview)(Disease/Disorder overview)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Byline: Ashima. Goel, Davinder. Prasad, A. Kanwar Topical application of the antihistamines commonly leads to sensitization in patients, but skin reactioins provoked by their systemic use are very rare. Hydroxyzine has been used for many years for treatment of allergic symptoms ....
Notalgia paresthetica.(CORRESPONDENCE COLUMN)(Disease/Disorder overview)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Byline: Ramesh Chandra. Gharami In 1934, notalgia paresthetica was first described and named.[1] It is characterised by episodic pain or itching at a small area of the skin, beyond easy reach, usually close to the medial border of the scapula. A 20 year-old young ...
Symmetrical peripheral gangrene with gangrene of tip of nose and Fournier's gangrene.(CORRESPONDENCE COLUMN)(Disease/Disorder overview)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Byline: Rahul. Prasad, D. Agrawal, T. Lahiri Disseminated intravascular coagulation rarely presents with symmetrical peripheral gangrene, which manifests as acral ischemia, without any evidence of obstruction or vasculitis of relevant arteries.[1] We report this case, which ...
Bullous pemphigoid on an incision scar of total knee prosthesis.(CORRESPONDENCE COLUMN)(Disease/Disorder overview)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Byline: Ayse. Kavak, Ali. Parlak, Reyhan. Cetinkaya, Tolga. Tuzuner Some autoimmune bullous disorders such as pemphigus and linear IgA disease may be induced by injection (1), ultraviolet (UV) (2) and burn scar (1) other than drugs. This situation could be attributed as a ...
The inheritance of susceptibility to lichen planus.(LOOKING BACK: THROUGH PRESENT LIGHT)(Disease/Disorder overview)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Byline: M. Hafez, L. Sharaf, F. Seafan The role of inheritance of susceptibility in lichen planus was studied by genetic analysis of data from 71 families of probands with lichen planus. 12 families were multiplex and the other 59 were simplex. The incidence of the disease among ...
Management of genital herpes infections in HIV infected patients.(CME ARTICLES)(Disease/Disorder overview)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Byline: S. Samraj, R. Patel Introduction Clinical presentation and management of genital herpes with HIV coinfection is different in a number of ways. Firstly, episodes of recurrent genital HSV infections are often more frequent and persistent.[1] In advanced HIV ...