Scalp psoriasis and Dermatology Life Quality Index: A retrospective study based on 12-year data from the Malaysian Psoriasis Registry.

Introduction: Psoriasis affects approximately 2-3% of the population worldwide, although the overall prevalence in Asia is <0.5%. Scalp psoriasis is a common initial presentation of psoriasis, which affects almost 80% of patients with psoriasis.

Clinical characteristics, management, and quality of life of psoriasis patients with coexistent lupus erythematosus: Data from the Malaysian Psoriasis Registry.

Objective: To describe the clinical characteristics, management and quality of life of psoriasis patients with and without coexistent lupus erythematosus (LE).

Methods: This retrospective cross-sectional study uses data from the Malaysian Psoriasis Registry (MPR) from January 2007 to December 2018.

Results: Of 21 735 psoriasis patients, 34 (0.

The findings of 18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography scan in patients with hidradenitis suppurativa in Malaysia: A multicenter study.

Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is known to have association with systemic diseases with chronic inflammation such as psoriasis. We aim to describe the concomitant systemic inflammation in patients with HS using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography (F-FDG PET/CT) scan. This was a case-control study conducted in three tertiary hospitals in Northern Malaysia from January to December 2017, involving HS patients aged 18 years and above.

HLA-B*58: 01 association in allopurinol-induced severe cutaneous adverse reactions: the implication of ethnicity and clinical phenotypes in multiethnic Malaysia.

Objective: The association between human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B*58:01 and risk of allopurinol-induced severe cutaneous adverse reactions (AIS) was observed across different populations. We explore the association between HLA-B*58:01 and AIS risk in multiethnic Malaysian population. The HLA-B*58:01 risk for different AIS clinical phenotypes and ethnicity was determined.

The clinical, biochemical, and ultrasonographic characteristics of patients with hidradenitis suppurativa in Northern Peninsular Malaysia: a multicenter study.

Background: Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic, recurrent, inflammatory disorder of follicular occlusion, resulting in abscesses with tunnel formation and severe scarring. Our objectives were to identify the clinical patterns and the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) among our HS patients and to determine the role of ultrasonography in the clinical assessment of HS.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study carried out from September 2016 to August 2017 at three tertiary hospitals in Northern Peninsular Malaysia.

Cutaneous sporotrichosis: a six-year review of 19 cases in a tertiary referral center in Malaysia.

Background: Sporotrichosis is a subcutaneous fungal infection caused by a thermally dimorphic aerobic fungus, Sporothrix schenckii. It results from traumatic inoculation or contact with animals. Most cases were reported mainly in the tropics and subtropics.

Disseminated sporotrichosis in a patient with a past history of lepromatous leprosy: a case report.

Disseminated sporotrichosis is uncommon and usually occurs in patients who are immunodeficient. Here we describe a male patient who was otherwise in good physical condition, who presented with disseminated sporotrichosis. The only significant event in his past medical history was lepromatous leprosy which had been treated 42 years earlier.