Publications by authors named "Ruben Garcia-Castro"

Chronic urticaria is a chronic skin disease that affects up to 1% of the general population worldwide, with chronic spontaneous urticaria accounting for more than two-thirds of all chronic urticaria cases. The Urticaria Activity Score (UAS) is a dynamic severity assessment tool that can be incorporated into daily clinical practice, as well as clinical trials for treatments. The UAS helps in measuring disease severity and guiding the therapeutic strategy.

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Background: Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a painful chronic inflammatory skin disease that affects up to 4% of the European adult population. International Hidradenitis Suppurativa Severity Score System (IHS4) is a dynamic scoring tool that was developed to be incorporated into the doctor's daily clinical practice and clinical studies. This helps measure disease severity and guides the therapeutic strategy.

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Background: The diagnosis of photoallergic contact dermatitis (PACD) is confirmed by photopatch testing (PPT). In Spain, the latest recommendation on which allergens to test in PPT dates from 1995.

Methods: In the last 4 years, we studied 455 patients with epicutaneous tests and performed PPT on 33 of those patients (7.

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Children who suffer from scarring alopecia, especially in areas such as the eyebrows which are an important part in facial mimicry, are at risk of social stigmatization. Inexpensive, painless and non-permanent options are available for online purchase, which can be useful in such infants and children. Dermatologists should be aware of the availability of these product and could offer advice in this regard.

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Atypical fibroxanthoma is a rare mesenchymal skin tumor of intermediate malignancy that typically occurs on sun-damaged skin of elderly patients. Histologically, it is composed of pleomorphic cells with hyperchromatic nuclei and abundant cytoplasm, commonly arranged in a spindle cell pattern. Different histologic variants have been described during the past years.

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Unlabelled: Lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs) are a group of genetic disorders caused by mutations in genes encoding enzymes involved in lysosomal function. Schindler disease is an autosomal recessive, inherited LSD caused by defective or non-existent activity of the enzyme α-N-acetylgalactosaminidase (α-NAGA). To date, three main phenotypes of Schindler disease have been described.

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