Unilesional mycosis fungoides is a rare cutaneous T cell lymphoma that warrants either radiation therapy or surgical excision. Benign characteristics result in misdiagnosis, delayed tissue biopsy and subsequently delayed provision of adequate treatment. A young patient presented with a history of 18 months of eczematous benign - appearing single lesion restricted to her index finger.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBullous pemphigoid is the most common autoimmune bullous disease, treated with low dosage local or systemic corticosteroids. This is a case report of a 65 years-old female patient with a month long history of a bullous disease before admission to the dermatology department with a generalized bullous rash. Clinical examination and histopathology revealed bullous pemphigoid.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Darier disease (DD) is a rare genodermatosis caused by heterozygous mutations in the ATP2A2 gene. It has been associated with neuropsychiatric manifestations.
Objectives: To investigate the genetic basis of Israeli patients with DD, and its association with the neuropsychiatric phenotype.