Epidemiological patterns of perniosis, and its association with systemic disorder.

Background: There are few studies exploring the epidemiological properties of perniosis (chilblains) and its association with systemic disorders.

Aim: To collect epidemiological data for perniosis, to investigate any association with systemic disorders, and to identify markers for the differential diagnosis of idiopathic and secondary perniosis.

Methods: This was a prospective study of 51 patients with perniosis [female : male ratio 2.

Cutaneous metastases of rectal mucinous adenocarcinoma mimicking granuloma inguinale.

A 46-year-old man complained of ulcerovegetative lesions in the anogenital region, which he had noted one month prior to presentation. The patient had a history of travel to African countries. Therefore, the ulcerovegetative lesions of the patient were suspected to be granuloma inguinale (GI).

Classifying patients with Behçet's disease for disease severity, using a discriminating analysis method.

Background: Interleukin (IL)-8 has been shown to correlate with the activity of Behçet's disease (BD). The aim of this study was to develop tools as reliable as IL-8 levels in defining BD severity.

Methods: In total, 32 patients with BD and 16 healthy controls were included in the study.

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweet's syndrome) in neuro-Behçet's disease.

A case of Behçet's disease associated with Sweet's syndrome is presented. The onset was neurological symptoms and oral aphthae. Subsequently, genital ulcers developed.