Dermoscopic changes in melanocytic nevi following hair removal laser: A prospective study.

Background: Changes in the appearance of melanocytic nevi have been increasingly reported following hair removal lasers. This could be a source of anxiety in patients doing cosmetic hair removal lasers. Moreover, taking biopsy of any changed nevus following laser is not routinely practical.

Drug-induced pemphigus: A systematic review of 170 patients.

Pemphigus encompasses a rare heterogeneous group of autoimmune blistering diseases characterized by cutaneous and/or mucosal blistering. Multiple factors, such as some specific types of drugs, have been found to be involved in the induction of pemphigus. Here, we have designed a systematic review by searching PubMed/Medline and Embase databases to find the drugs, involved in pemphigus induction and exacerbation (updated on 19 August 2019).

Illness perception of patients with pemphigus vulgaris.

Objective: Little is known about illness perception in patients with pemphigus vulgaris (PV). We designed a cross-sectional study to clarify the beliefs about PV.

Methods: A total of 100 patients with PV (45 men, 55 women) completed the Illness Perception Questionnaire-Revised to assess beliefs about seven aspects of illness perception, including chronicity, recurrence, consequences, self and medicine role in controlling illness, coherence, and emotional representation.

An Atypical Presentation of Disseminated Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis Caused by In Iran.

Although leishmaniasis is an endemic disease in Iran the mucosal involvement is rare. Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (MCL) mainly caused by infection, reported with other species such as . Herein a 78 yr old man with MCL from Iran is presented who referred to Razi Hospital Dermatology Clinic, Tehran, Iran, for multiple ulcerative lesions on mid face skin, mucosa of upper lip and anterior fossa of nose, dorsal aspect of the hands and the posterior aspect of heels.

Autoantibodies to desmogleins 1 and 3 in patients with lichen planus.

There is controversy about the role of autoantibodies against desmoglein 1 and 3 (Dsg1 and 3) in the pathogenesis of lichen planus (LP); the authors planned this study to determine the presence of circulating levels of these antibodies in patients with different types of oral LP and to compare that with cutaneous LP and healthy controls. The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay test was performed on serum samples of 24 cases of erosive oral LP, 29 cases of reticular oral LP, 30 cases of cutaneous LP and 30 healthy controls. The severity of oral LP was evaluated by Reticulation, Erosion and Ulceration scoring system.