J Dermatol Case Rep
March 2011
Background: Cowden syndrome is a rare genodermatosis charactarized by presence of multiple hamartomas. The aim of the study was to specify the clinical, therapeutic and prognostic aspects of Cowden syndrome.
Cases Report: Our study included 4 patients with Cowden syndrome, 2 males and 2 females between 14 and 46 years old.
Background: Recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB), an autosomal-recessive genodermatosis, is one of the more severe forms of the epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica group, and is characterized by generalized blistering of the skin and mucous membranes. Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma is one of the most serious complications of this disease.
Methods: We report four patients (three females and one male), two of whom were under 20 years of age, suffering from RDEB-Hallopeau-Siemens.
Introduction: Zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is characterised by a major clinical polymorphism, especially the lupoid type. The aim of our study was to precise the anatomic and clinical particularities of this clinical form of CL.
Materials And Methods: The present work was a prospective 1-year study.
Background: Skin cancer (SK) frequency is increasing all over the world.
Aim: We report a clinical and epidemiological study of SK in the south of Tunisia through a 1476 cases series.
Method: On the basis of a retrospective study, we report the clinical and epidemiological data collected from files of patients with skin cancers seen during a 24-year-period (1979-2002).
Objective: Chronic hemodialysis patients experience frequent and varied cutaneous manifestations, of often hypothetical pathogenesis. The aim of this work is to assess the prevalence and nature of these cutaneous lesions and discuss some pathogenic mechanisms.
Methods: This prospective study was conducted from 1 February through 30 April 1996.