Value of Doppler ultrasound scans in deciding whether to treat infantile haemangioma with oral propranolol.

Background: Oral propranolol (Pr) must be administered until the end of the proliferation phase of infantile haemangioma (IH). This phase may be difficult to assess, particularly where a deep component is involved. Doppler ultrasound scans (DUS), which identify vascular activity (VA), could assist the clinician in making the correct therapeutic decision (CTD).

Compounded topical preparations in plaque psoriasis: Still a place for it in 2018?

Compounded topical preparations (CTP) were used to treat psoriasis until the last century and have disappeared from guidelines. The present authors report two severe psoriasis patients who were treated with CTP. A man had psoriasis with a PASI of 23 and a body surface area (BSA) of 43%.