'Monkeypox 2.0': Case series on a reconditioned virus causing sexually transmissible disease in urban population.

Background: MPOX (Monkeypox) viral infection, a zoonotic disease previously confined to the African sub-continent, has caught attention worldwide recently due to its resurgence in a new 'avatar' among urban communities. Dermatologists in the U. A.

Bullous Mastocytosis: A Rare Variant of Diffuse Cutaneous Mastocytosis.

Mastocytosis is a disease of the mast cells caused by an increase in the number of mast cells due to abnormal proliferation. The disease is associated with a mutation in the gene, which is a key factor in the development of mast cells. Mastocytosis is classified into two main groups, namely, cutaneous and systemic mastocytosis, based on the site of mast cell accumulation.

Healthcare Resource Utilization and Direct Cost of Patients with Atopic Dermatitis in Dubai, United Arab Emirates: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Introduction: Atopic dermatitis (AD) data are scarce in Dubai [United Arab Emirates (UAE)]. Therefore, this study aimed at understanding real-world healthcare resource utilization (HCRU) and related costs, specialties, treatment landscape, consultation-based prevalence and incidence, and patient characteristics.

Methods: This retrospective, longitudinal, insurance e-claims (Dubai Private Insurance-insured expatriates) database studied AD in Dubai between 1 January 2014 and 31 March 2020.

Healthcare Resource Utilization and Direct Cost of Patients with Atopic Dermatitis in Dubai, United Arab Emirates: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Introduction: Atopic dermatitis (AD) data are scarce in Dubai [United Arab Emirates (UAE)]. Therefore, this study aimed at understanding real-world healthcare resource utilization (HCRU) and related costs, specialties, treatment landscape, consultation-based prevalence and incidence, and patient characteristics.

Methods: This retrospective, longitudinal, insurance e-claims (Dubai Private Insurance-insured expatriates) database studied AD in Dubai between 1 January 2014 and 31 March 2020.

Necrolytic migratory ulceration.

Endocrine tumors of the gastroenteropancreatic system associated with specific skin manifestations are rare. We report a 53-year-old female who presented with migratory annular and arcuate ulcers on her limbs. Histopathology was similar to necrolytic erythema family which includes necrolytic migratory erythema (NME).

Sparing phenomena in dermatology.

Despite considerable overlap, the confusion hovering over the four common sparing signs can be cleared as follows: Reverse Koebner relates to sparing by physical trauma; isotopic non-response/reverse isotopic response relates to sparing over an already healed dermatosis; Renbok Phenomenon relates to sparing among two concomitant active diseases often with autoimmune etiology; anatopic phenomenon relates to sparing caused by presence of certain infectious diseases of skin. In conclusion, sparing phenomenon of dermatology seems to command our attention by their sheer number, variety, and clinical implications. Therefore, it may be said that astute clinician is the one who will look, not only for the presence of lesions in the patient but also for the conspicuous absence thereof.

Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma: a retroviral malady.

Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) is an aggressive leukemia/lymphoma of mature T-lymphocytes caused by human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1). At a tertiary healthcare center in South India, a 58-year-old female presented with multiple erythematous, crusted, and umbilicated papules over the body along with cervical lymphadenopathy. The skin biopsy was consistent with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma.

Determinants of quality of life in psoriasis patients: a cluster analysis of 50 patients.

Background: Although psoriasis generally does not affect survival, it certainly has a number of major negative effects on patients, demonstrable by a significant detriment to quality of life.

Aims: We have done a study with the objective of assessing the clinical variables adversely affecting quality of life in patients diagnosed with psoriasis.

Materials And Methods: This study is a cluster analysis of 50 consecutive consenting patients with psoriasis, of both sexes, aged over 18 years, attending the dermatology outpatient department of a tertiary care center.

Interesting effect of Malassezia spp. infection on dermatoses of other origins.

Background: Tinea versicolor (TV) is a superficial fungal infection affecting as many as 40% of the population in the tropics. We noticed an unusual affect of TV on dermatoses of other origins.

Methods: In this prospective clinical study, we examined patients attending our dermatology outpatient department over a period of one year for coexistence of TV with any unrelated dermatoses.

Localized psoriasis herpeticum: Case report and review of literature.

Kaposi's varicelliform eruption (KVE) is a widespread cutaneous eruption caused by viruses, especially herpes simplex virus in patients with pre-existing dermatoses. "Psoriasis herpeticum" refers to the rare occurrence of KVE in patients with psoriasis. We report a case of KVE localized to the face in a patient with exfoliative dermatitis secondary to psoriasis.

Purpuric macules with vesiculobullous lesions: a novel manifestation of Chikungunya.

Background: Chikungunya (CHIK) is an emerging viral disease with a myriad of cutaneous manifestations.

Aims: The aim of our study was to document the morphology and evolution of skin lesions in cases presenting with fever, purpuric macules and vesiculobullous lesions, to confirm its causative relationship with CHIK, and to investigate further in order to delineate possible mechanisms of bulla formation in these cases.

Materials And Methods: A prospective, descriptive hospital-based study was carried out at a tertiary health care centre in Kerala.

Sub-polar lepromatous leprosy localized to the face.

Leprosy is an infectious disease characterized by a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations, ranging from tuberculoid to lepromatous disease with immunologically unstable borderline forms in between. In clinical practice cases often do not conform to a classical textbook description, which may lead to misdiagnosis if not properly investigated. A 22-year-old patient presented to us with erythematous plaques localized to the face.