Assessment of the anxiety and depression among patients with idiopathic pruritus ani.

Introduction: Pruritus ani is an unpleasant sensation that leads to scratching of the skin around the anus. It is a common symptom due to many systemic, dermatological, and proctological conditions. In the absence of evident organic origin of a disease, pruritus may be related to mental disorders as well as personality disorders.

CHLD score, a new score based on traditional risk factor evaluation and long-term cardiovascular outcomes in patients with systemic sclerosis.

The aim of the study was to assess the predictors of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) without pulmonary arterial hypertension. The study comprised 68 patients with SSc who were followed up for the median time of 99 (96; 107) months. The main exclusion criteria involved tricuspid regurgitation maximal velocity > 2.

Extensive Cutaneous Ulceration of the Scalp - Unknown Disease Entity or Dermatitis Artefacta?

Psychological disturbances and emotional stress events may elicit a wide spectrum of skin disturbances which are classified as dermatitis artefacta. This diagnosis should be taken into consideration when symptoms coexist in a bizarre pattern or indicate at least several distinct skin pathologies while laboratory tests remain inconclusive. We present a case of dermatitis artefacta which produced very extensive loss of the scalp.

The efficacy of antimalarial drugs in the therapy of selected forms of cicatricial alopecia.

Introduction: Frontal fibrosing alopecia (FFA) is primary lymphocytic cicatricial alopecia with a clinically characteristic progressive recession of the frontotemporal hairline, perifollicular erythema, as well as symptoms of itching and burning. It occurs mainly in postmenopausal women. FFA is considered as a subtype of lichen planopilaris (LPP).

Correlation between the infrared thermogram and microvascular abnormalities of the nailfold in patients with systemic sclerosis.

Introduction: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a multisystemic disease with an extensive microvasculopathy. The gold standard for its investigation is nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC).

Aim: To assess the value of thermography (IRT) for the assessment of microvasculopathy in patients with SSc.