'The psychosocial burden of alopecia areata and androgenetica': a cross-sectional multicentre study among dermatological out-patients in 13 European countries.

Background: Hair diseases play an important burden on patients' lives, causing significant emotional and psychosocial distress. However, the impairment due to different hair conditions, such as alopecia areata (AA) and androgenetic alopecia (AGA), has rarely been compared.

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the psychological burden of subgroups of patients with different hair diseases and to compare them to a healthy population.

[A 74-year old woman with orofacial granulomatosis].

Introduction: Orofacial granulomatosis represents a group of pathologies characterized by a granulomatous inflammation of the face and the oral mucosa. Its etiology is unknown. Since the macrocheilitis resulting from an inflammation could be associated to different pathologies, an accurate diagnosis has to be established.

[Psoriasis and depression].

Psoriasis is a common inflammatory disease affecting 2%-5% of the population of industrialized countries. Although the association between psychiatric pathologies and dermato- logical conditions is well known, the dermato- logist fails to indentify the psychological distress and when he identifies it, he doesn't take care of this suffering. The biological links between psoriasis and depression are now well-established.

[Rheumatoid neutrophilic dermatitis].

Background: Rhumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory joint disease. It appears to be caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors. It may be accompanied by well-known extra-articular damage (e.