Dermoscopic Perspective of Pityriasis Versicolor in a Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: Pityriasis versicolor is a common superficial fungal infection which is usually easily diagnosed with Wood's lamp examination and 10% potassium hydroxide mount. However, these modalities have varying sensitivity and specificity.

Aims And Objectives: This study aimed to ascertain the dermoscopic features of pityriasis versicolor lesionally as well as perilesionally using dermoscopy, a non-invasive diagnostic tool.

A Six-Year Retrospective Analysis of Skin Biopsies in the Pediatric and Adolescent Population Performed at a Tertiary Health Care Center in India.

Background: Hesitancy to perform skin biopsies in children or adolescents may lead to delayed diagnosis or misdiagnosis and relatively, few studies analyzing pediatric skin biopsies exist.

Aim And Objectives: This study aims to analyze the spectrum of skin diseases biopsied and demographic data of pediatric patients underwent skin biopsies at a tertiary health care center in India.

Materials And Methods: Biopsy records over six years were analyzed, noting demographic data, disease duration, clinical differential diagnoses (CDD), final diagnosis after histopathology, disease categorization, and agreement between clinical and final diagnosis.

Acral involvement in lichen scrofulosorum: A diagnostic oddity with distinctive features on dermoscopy.

A commonly underdiagnosed harbinger of visceral tuberculosis, lichen scrofulosorum classically manifests as centripetally located erythematous to violaceous cutaneous papules. Perifollicular and perieccrine tuberculoid granulomas constitute the histologic hallmark. We report a case of lichen scrofulosorum with involvement of the acral areas which is unusual.

Neutrophilic Pustular Eruption with Behcet's Like Illness Post Covid-19 Vaccination.

The COVID-19 pandemic has deeply impacted the lives of many. In such unprecedent times, mass vaccination has been the cornerstone in decreasing morbidity and mortality. However, various adverse events (AEs) to COVID-19 vaccines including cutaneous AEs have been reported worldwide.

A Case of Progressive Evolution of Multiple Woolly Hair Nevi in a Child.

Woolly hair nevus is a rarely acquired disorder of the scalp hair with well-circumscribed patch of curly and unruly hairs which are smaller in diameter than normal surrounding hair. We report a case of progressively evolving multiple woolly hair nevi in a 10-year-old child. Trichoscopy of unruly hairs showed abnormal kinking of hair shafts.

Fibroepithelioma of Pinkus in continuity with nodular basal cell carcinoma: A rare presentation.

Fibroepithelioma of Pinkus and nodular basal cell carcinoma (BCC) are different morphological variants of BCC. It is very rare to see both the variants together in a single lesion. Here we report a case of a 56-year-old female who presented with a nodule on the trunk, which on biopsy showed features of both nodular BCC and fibroepithelioma of Pinkus.

Zosteriform spiradenoma with spiradenocarcinoma: A rare entity.

Eccrine spiradenoma (ES) is an uncommon well-differentiated benign tumor originating from the sweat glands. It usually occurs as a single lesion in adults. Multiple ES in a linear or zosteriform distribution are rare.

Dermatological Side Effects of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Inhibitors: 'PRIDE' Complex.

Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitor therapy has become the standard treatment for non-small cell lung cancer and head neck malignancy. This class of drug comprises EGFR inhibitors (erlotinib and gefitinib) and monoclonal antibody (cetuximab). Use of this class of drugs has been associated frequently with dermatological side effects termed as PRIDE complex-Papulopustules and/or paronychia, Regulatory abnormalities of hair growth, Itching, Dryness due to EGFR inhibitors.