Angiokeratoma Fordyce of the glans penis: combined treatment with erbium: YAG and 532 nm KTP (frequency doubled neodynium: YAG) laser.

A rare case of angiokeratoma Fordyce localized on the margin of the glans penis in a 52-year-old Caucasian patient is reported. Combined treatment with Erbium: YAG and 532 nm KTP (frequency doubled Neodynium: YAG) laser led to excellent cosmetic results.

Nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy.

Nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy (NFD) is an uncommon, recently described fibrotic skin disorder that has been observed in patients with end-stage renal disease. We describe a 81-year-old man with end-stage renal disease who developed NFD in the seventh year of haemodialysis. Laboratory investigations revealed considerably increased circulating immune complexes and anti double stranded DNA antibodies.

Investigation of basal cell carcinoma [correction of carcionoma] by confocal laser scanning microscopy in vivo.

Background/purpose: In vivo confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) allows to study human skin up to 200 micro m deep non-invasively. Aim of this study was to investigate basal cell carcinoma (BCC) using in vivo CLSM, and to compare the micromorphologic features of BCC with uninvolved skin.

Methods: Twelve patients with histological diagnosis of BCC referred to our department for tumor excision were investigated on the lesion(s) and on clinically uninvolved sites preoperatively by in vivo CLSM using the Vivascope 1000 (Lucid Inc.

Generalized essential telangiectasia successfully treated with high-energy, long-pulse, frequency-doubled Nd:YAG laser.

Background: Generalized essential telangiectasia is a rare cutaneous disorder with limited therapeutic options.

Objective: To evaluate the treatment with high-energy, high-frequency, long-pulse Nd:YAG laser in a patient with generalized essential telangiectasia.

Methods: A 62-year-old woman presented with a 20-year history of generalized essential telangiectasia.

[Objectivity, reproducibility and validity of 3D ultrasound in dermatology].

Recently it has become possible to visualize the three-dimensional (3D) architecture of sonographic structures using high-resolution ultrasound above 20 MHz (Dermascan C, Denmark; DUB 20, Germany). We studied the objectivity, reproducibility, and validity of these two 3D analysis systems on 22 skin tumors. To validate both systems, we compared the sonometric and histometric volume in 4 tumors.