Mycosis Fungoides with Unusual Features.

A case of mycosis fungoides had unusual features such as non- pruritic nodule-ulcerative lesions following a febrile, episode, appearance of many lesions in subsequent episodes in the margins of scars of previous lesions, along with a cyclic course. Higtopathology of the skin and lymph node showed a typical picture, of mycosis fungoides.

Evaluation of Five Different Regimes For the Treatment of Vitiligo.

Response of vitiligo patients to five different regimes was evaluated taking only those patients who had either static or progressively increasing lesions. Selection of the regimen depended upon the clinical characteristics of the disease. Each regime was tried for at least 4 months and if a patient didnot improve with one regime, he was shifted to another regime.

Evaluation Of-astemizole- A New H-1 Blocking Antihistamine in Urticaria.

An open trial of astemizole a new anthistamine on 30 patients, having urticaria revealed complete relief in 28 patients. The controlling daily dose was 10 mg in 17 patients, 20 mg in 7 and 30 mg in 4. Two patients did not improve even with 40 mg a day given for 7 days.

Thevenard Syndrome.

Six cases of Thevenard syndrome presented as trophic ulcers on the toes with shortening and loss of pain and temperature sensations. Four cases had spina-bifida out of which two cases had associated faun-tail and one case had hypertrophy of the lower extremity of one side.

Captopril Induced Pemphigus Vulgaris.

A 51 Year old man, was taking captopril 200 mg daily' for the management of essential hypertension. Twenty two days after starting captopril, he developed flaccid vescicles and bullae over his scalp, face, trunk and mucous membranes of the mouth. Clinical and histopathological features were consistent with the diagnosis of pemphigus vulgaris' Complete disappearance of the skin lesions within.

A Clinico-epidemiologic Profile of Herpeszoster in Norht India.

A clinico-epidemiological study of 230 cases of herpes zoster revealed an overallincidence of 0.6 percent. Out of 230 patients 160 were males and 70 females (male and female ratio being 2.

Nail Patella Syndrome.

A 14-year-old male having nail-patella syndrome, manifested as deficient nails on the ubw aspect of thumbs, V-shaped half- moons, rudimentry patella on right side and absence on left side. X-ray of pelvis showed iliac horns..