Clinico-Etiological Evaluation of Chronic Leg Ulcer in a Tertiary Care Center of Eastern India.

Background: A chronic leg ulcer (CLU) is a significant public health problem. It has various etiologies. Racial, familial, occupational, and social factors may also have an impact on the prevalence of different causes of leg ulcers.

Clinicopathological and Immunological Profile of Patients with Cutaneous Manifestations and their Relationship with Organ Involvement in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Attending a Tertiary Care Center of Eastern India.

Background: Lupus erythematosus (LE) is an autoimmune disorder with diverse clinical manifestations ranging from mild cutaneous disorder to life-threatening systemic illness and associated with varying immunological parameters.

Aim: We conducted a study in a tertiary care center of eastern India to determine the clinical pattern, immunological profile of patients with cutaneous manifestations of systemic LE (SLE) and their relationship with organ involvement.

Materials And Methods: Fifty-five consecutive patients attending dermatology OPD having features consistent with cutaneous LE and fulfilling the criteria of SLE were included.

A case of ichthyosis hystrix: unusual manifestation of this rare disease.

Ichthyosis hystrix is a term used to describe an ichthyosiform dermatosis which is characterized by hyperkeratotic spiny scales mainly over extensor aspects of limbs with palmoplantar keratoderma and occasionally associated with deafness and neurological deficit. It is a rare autosomal dominant form of ichthyosis and very few cases are reported in literature. We are presenting a 46 years-old-male patient of ichthyosis hystrix with unusual presentation.

A curious case of sweating blood.

Hematohidrosis is a very rare condition in which an individual sweats blood. It may occur in an individual who is suffering from extreme levels of stress. Various causative factors have been suggested like component of systemic disease, vicarious menstruation, excessive exertion, psychogenic, and unknown causes.

Ichthyosiform large plaque parapsoriasis: report of a rare entity.

Large plaque parapsoriasis (LPP) is an idiopathic, chronic scaly dermatosis classified within parapsoriasis group of diseases, occurring commonly in middle aged patients of all races and geographic regions. LPP and its variants are closely related to the patch stage of mycosis fungoides. The two types of LPP mostly described are the poikilodermatous and retiform parapsoriasis.

Granuloma faciale: exclusively extrafacial.

We report a case of granuloma faciale over distal extremities in a 60-year-old man without facial lesions who did not show any response to dapsone.

Diogenes syndrome: a case report.

Cessation of normal skin cleansing seen in geriatric or self-neglected patients can cause accumulation of keratinous crusts on the skin. In the extreme end of this spectrum is a condition known as Diogenes syndrome (DS). These patients may have psychiatric disorders like paranoid disorders, mood affection, or temporofrontal dementia.

Keratoacanthoma centrifugum marginatum with atypical scar.

Keratoacanthoma centrifugum marginatum (KCM) is a rare variant of keratoacanthoma (KA). It is characterized by a progressive peripheral expansion and central healing leaving atrophic scar. It is sometimes confused with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) both clinically and histopathologically.

Chronic venous ulceration of leg associated with peripheral arterial disease: an underappreciated entity in developing country.

Chronic venous ulcer can often be associated with asymptomatic peripheral arterial disease (PAD), which usually remains undiagnosed adding significantly to the morbidity of these patients. The Ankle-Brachial Pressure Index (ABPI) is suggested for PAD evaluation. Many PAD studies were conducted in western countries, but there is a scarcity of data on the prevalence of PAD in clinical venous ulcer patient in developing countries.

Non healing leg ulcer infected with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: first reported case from India.

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is a recently described organism which was mainly reported either in nosocomial setup, or in immunosuppresed individuals. This was rarely reported as cutaneous pathogenic organism causing cellulitis-like lesion, paronychia, mucocutaneous ulcers and ecthyma gangrenosum in immunocompromised individuals. Here we describe a case of leg ulcer caused by S.