Is the effect of smoking on rosacea still somewhat of a mystery?

Context: Rosacea is an inflammatory skin disease with a chronic course. In the past, the association between rosacea and smoking was examined only in a few studies.

Objective: The objective of this study is to investigate the prevalence and the influence of smoking in rosacea patients.

Reticular erythematous mucinosis on the midline of the back.

We report the case of a 51-year-old man who presented with reticular macular erythema and erythematous plaques on the midline of the back of 10 years' duration that seemed to worsen on exposure to sunlight. Based on the clinical and histopathologic findings, a diagnosis of reticular erythematous mucinosis (REM) was made. The patient was treated with hydroxychloroquine 400 mg daily and the lesions resolved by the end of the second week of therapy.

Impact of functional pruritus compared with mild psoriasis on quality of life: a cross-sectional questionnaire study in Turkey.

Background: Functional pruritus (FP) is a type of chronic pruritus that is a somatoform disease in nature, triggered by psychogenic factors. Psoriasis is a chronic, inflammatory, and pruritic skin disease that causes significant cosmetic problems and psychological distress.

Objective: In this study, we aimed to investigate the effects of functional pruritus on quality of life and to compare these with the effects of mild psoriasis.

Pemphigoid gestationis with postpartum flare-up: a case report.

Background: Pemphigoid gestationis (PG), also known as herpes gestationis, is an uncommon autoimmune blistering disease that almost always occurs in the third trimester of pregnancy. The sudden emergence of the disease, its clinical appearance and the course create great stress on the pregnant woman and the fetus. The disease has been associated with premature delivery and small-for-gestational-age infants.

Sexual dysfunction in men suffering from genital warts.

Introduction: Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection can present clinically as genital warts (GWs) in both males and females. Much less is known about the psychosexual consequences of GW, and the studies on patients in this group are still quite limited.

Aims: The aim of this study was to test two hypotheses: (i) sexual dysfunction (SD) is likely to occur in male patients suffering from GWs; (ii) if male SD exists, it may be associated with depression or anxiety.

"Turkey ear" as a cutaneous maniestation of tuberculosis.

Lupus vulgaris is the most common morphological variant of cutaneous tuberculosis. Classical lupus lesions are often seen in the head and neck region. Turkey ear is a clinically descriptive term, previously being used for the earlobe with reddish indurated plaque lesions, which recently can be a sign for lupus vulgaris.

A favourable response to surgical intervention and hyperbaric oxygen therapy in pyoderma gangrenosum.

Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a neutrophilic dermatosis characterised with ulcerations. Inflammatory bowel diseases (ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease) and haematologic diseases (leukaemia, preleukaemia and monoclonal gammopathy) have been reported in about 40-50% of PG patients in whom the treatment of the underlying disease is important for the improvement of the lesions. We herein report a colorectal adenocarcinoma patient with PG, who responded partially to topical treatments and systemic immunosuppressants and healed completely with the aid of surgical wound repair and hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

Variable clinical presentations of Classic Kaposi Sarcoma in Turkish patients.

Background: Kaposi sarcoma (KS) is a vascular neoplasm with multicentric cutanenous and extracutaneous involvements, which was first described by Moriz Kaposi in 1872. Since then, different epidemiological clinical and histopathological variants of this neoplasm have been identified. Classic Kaposi sarcoma (CKS) is one of four main clinico-epidemiologiologic variants.

Linear atrophoderma of Moulin on the neck.

Background: Linear atrophoderma is a rare disease, first described by Moulin in 1992 in 5 patients. It is an acquired unilateral hyperpigmented, depressed band-like areas following the lines of Blaschko. It affects children or adolescents of both genders involving the trunk or the limbs.

Allergic contact dermatitis mimicking angioedema due to paraphenylendiamine hypersensitivity: a case report.

Active sensitization to paraphenylendiamine (PPD) and related compounds from temporary black henna tattoos has become an epidemic in the recent years. Hair dyes also include PPD like black henna tatoos which cause allergic contact dermatitis. Skin lesions of allergic contact dermatitis from PPD are mostly seen as an exudative erythema, an erythema multiforme-like eruption or a bullous contact dermatitis.

Do eating disorders accompany metabolic syndrome in psoriasis patients? Results of a preliminary study.

Background: Metabolic syndrome (MBS) has been reported as a frequent comorbidity in psoriatic patients. The main pathogenesis is considered to be inflammation in this association. MBS has been investigated in eating disorders as well.