Uncombable hair syndrome (UHS) is an uncommon hair anomaly that can cause significant psychosocial burden. Defects in hair shaft proteins cause hairs to be frizzy and difficult to comb flat. UHS occurs in children and improves with age.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe present a 4-month-old infant with an eczematous halo around a congenital melanocytic nevus. After diagnostic excision, histopathologic examination revealed a Meyerson's nevus. This is a benign skin tumour that may show clinical signs of melanoma.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA newborn had a tight, dry skin with multiple fissures, an eclabium and ectropion. Breathing was compromised and regulation of body temperature was impaired. We described the patient as a 'collodion baby'.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 58-year-old man presented at the dermatology outpatient clinic with a subcutaneous nodule on his left hand. The patient could not recall a previous injury. Excision revealed an epithelioid hemangioendothelioma, a rare and malignant vascular tumour, characterized by slow progression and often located on the upper and lower extremities.
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December 2007
Background: Milia-like idiopathic calcinosis cutis is a rare entity. Only 19 cases have been reported so far, the majority of them developed in children with Down's syndrome. The mean age of the patients is 10.
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