Cutaneous hyperneury: a new entity or an atypical cutaneous manifestation of MEN 2B?

A 33-year-old healthy woman with a family history of hyperlipidemia presented with asymptomatic skin-colored yellowish linear transverse plaques and papules on the trunk and forearms for a period of 6 months (Figure 1). She noticed that the lesions during this period have been gradually increasing in size and number. The initial clinical impression was eruptive xanthomas.

Congenital lupus erythematosus.

Neonatal lupus erythematosus (NLE) is an autoimmune disease affecting the fetus as a result of transplacental transfer of anti-Ro autoantibodies. Typically, it presents in the first few months of life with an annular form of subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus. We report an unusual case of NLE presenting at birth with scaly erythematous telangiectatic patches and macules with skin atrophy involving the face, head, and upper trunk.

Dermatologic challenges of pilgrimage.

Hajj is 1 of the 5 pillars of Islam. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been privileged to host this event, which brings close to 2 million pilgrims from all over the world every year. During this holy ritual, the Muslims gather in Makkah before starting the journey.

Allergic contact dermatitis from corticosteroids: reproducibility of patch testing and correlation with intradermal testing.

Background: Corticosteroid contact allergy is not uncommon. The diagnosis can be made with either patch testing or intradermal (ID) testing. In view of a few problems that have been encountered with patch testing, patch testing is considered inferior to ID testing.

Cyclosporine therapy. Does it provoke neurological complications in Behcet`s disease.

Cyclosporine was suggested recently by Japanese workers to provoke central nervous systems symptoms in Behcet`s disease. We report 2 cases supporting this notion. Our aim is to draw the attention of physicians to such phenomenon as cyclosporine being frequently advocated in the treatment of uveitis due to Behcet`s disease.