Prioritising gynaecological care in post-haematopoietic stem cell transplant patients.

An adolescent girl with acute myeloid leukaemia underwent chemotherapy followed by haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Post-HSCT, she developed oral chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGvHD), which was successfully treated. Twenty months later, she was referred to the gynaecology department for evaluation of secondary amenorrhoea.

Atypical Cutaneous Sporotrichosis in an Immunocompetent Adult: Response to Potassium Iodide.

Cutaneous sporotrichosis, also known as "Rose Gardener's disease," caused by dimorphic fungus Sporothrix schenkii, is usually characterized by indolent nodular or nodulo-ulcerative lesions arranged in a linear pattern. We report bizarre nonlinear presentation of Sporotrichosis, in an immunocompetent adult occurring after a visit to Amazon rain forest, speculating infection with more virulent species of Sporothrix. The diagnosis was reached with the help of periodic acid-Schiff positive yeast cells and cigar shaped bodies seen in skin biopsy along with the therapeutic response to potassium iodide.

Complete form of pachydermoperiostosis: a case report.

Pachydermoperiostosis is a primary form of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy, which presents with pachydermia, digital clubbing, and radiologic periostosis. Pachydermoperiostosis occurs owing to mutations of the gene encoding for 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase (15HPGD). Clinical manifestations of PDP are thought to relate to excessive collagen formation and dysregulation of matrix proteins because of fibroblastic hyperactivation.

Current status of acquired syphilis: A hospital-based 5-year study.

Introduction: Prevalence of sexually transmitted infection shows regional variations. Though a rising trend of prevalence of viral STI s has been observed, syphilis still continues to remain a commonly diagnosed STI.

Aim: To study the current status of acquired syphilis in a tertiary care hospital.

Sexually transmitted diseases among men who have sex with men: A retrospective analysis from Suraksha clinic in a tertiary care hospital.

Background: Men who have sex with men (MSMs) are a vulnerable population for spread of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Apart from being important for HIV transmission, they tend to have a different distribution patterns of STDs. Few Indian studies have looked into this aspect.

Specific Pregnancy Dermatoses in 1430 females from Northern India.

Background: The specific dermatoses of pregnancy represent a heterogenous group of ill-defined pruritic skin diseases, unique to pregnancy and post partum period.

Objective: The aim of our study was epidemiological and clinical evaluation of various specific dermatoses of pregnancy.

Methods: All patients visiting our antenatal clinic were screened for various pruritic skin conditions and those with specific pregnancy dermatoses were identified and evaluated.

Nail dyschromias.

Nail dyschromias have a wide variety of presentation. There are numerous causes of discoloration of the nail affecting the nail plate, nail attachments, or the substance of the nail. The chromonychia may also be caused due to the exogenous deposition of pigments over the nail plate.

Severe cutaneous zygomycosis due to Basidiobolus ranarum in a young infant.

Basidiobolomycosis classically presents as a noninflammatory, nonulcerated, nontender woody indurated mass without much contiguous spread. It is almost always seen in an immunocompetent host younger than 20. We report a case of a 9-month-old baby with a rapidly expanding malignant presentation of basidiobolomycosis with nonhealing ulcers and spread to underlying muscles, mimicking lymphoma.

Combination of microdermabrasion and 5-fluorouracil to induce repigmentation in vitiligo: an observational study.

Background: Treatment of resistant vitiligo is challenging. A few well-researched studies have shown variable results with surgical and other therapeutic strategies.

Objective: To evaluate the usefulness of a less-painful method of repigmentation of vitiligo patches.

Isolated distal cutaneous thrombosis: an unusual presentation and an interesting etiology.

A middle-aged hypertensive male, with a fatty liver and chronic alcohol intake, relocated to a high altitude of 2100 m above sea level; in the first winter season, he developed bluish skin lesions over the tip of the nose, margins of both ear lobes, both knees, and subungual location. Systemic examination was unremarkable. Skin biopsy showed thrombi in dermal vessels without any evidence of vasculitis; immunofluorescence was negative.

A nine-year clinico-epidemiological study of Histoid Hansen in India.

Introduction: Histoid Hansen is rare but a well-defined entity with specific clinical, histopathological, and bacteriological features. The incidence has been reported to vary from 1-2% amongst total leprosy patients.

Methodology: We performed a retrospective analysis of the records of patients identified as histoid Hansen on the basis of clinico-histopathological criteria, who attended the Hansen clinic from 2000-2009.

Mucocutaneous manifestations in children with human immunodeficiency virus infection.

Skin is one of the most frequently involved organs in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, and mucocutaneous manifestations may be one of the earliest markers of AIDS. The prevalence of cutaneous abnormalities in HIV approaches nearly 90%. Mucocutaneous manifestations may also act as a prognostic marker of HIV infection.

A rare multisystem disorder: Goltz syndrome - case report and brief overview.

Focal dermal hypoplasia, also known popularly as Goltz syndrome, is a multisystem disorder characterized by linear or reticulate atrophic macules with fat herniation that is associated with various cutaneous and extracutaneous anomalies. We present a case of a patient with Goltz syndrome who exhibits a classical presentation, associated with exopthalmos major and malrotation of the gut. A brief overview of the syndrome is also presented in an attempt to incorporate all associated anomalies reported so far.

Ascher syndrome: a case report.

Ascher syndrome is a rare disease described by Ascher, an ophthalmologist from Prague, in 1920. We report a case of an 8-year-old child, who presented with recalcitrant recurrent swelling of bilateral upper eyelids, probably a forme fruste of Ascher syndrome.

Faun tail nevus with aplasia cutis congenita.

Faun tail nevus describes abnormal lumbar hypertrichosis, which may overlie on occult spinal abnormality and be a marker of asymptomatic underlying spinal dysraphism. We report a case of faun tail nevus, with dermal pits along with aplasia cutis congenita and asymptomatic spina bifida occulta, tethered conus, and diastematomyelia, a constellation of findings which to our knowledge has not been previously reported.

Triamcinolone pseudo-cataract.

This is an interventional case report of a pseudo-cataract formation by the adherence of triamcinolone particles to the posterior surface of the lens following a 2-mg intravitreal injection for treatment of macular edema associated with non-ischemic central retinal vein occlusion. These deposits unusually persisted beyond 6 months.

Chronic paroxysmal hemicrania presenting as recurrent orbital inflammation.

Patients with chronic headache associated with ocular symptoms regularly seek ophthalmologists' opinions. We report an unusual case of chronic paroxysmal hemicrania (CPH), a rare but well-described variant of cluster headache in a female presenting to an eye department with recurrent episodes of severe unilateral periorbital swelling with a chronic history of headaches. Clinical features, review of literature, and therapeutic response to indomethacin helped to establish the diagnosis as CPH.