Nutritional Status of Patients With Leprosy Attending a Tertiary Care Institute in North India.

Introduction Leprosy is a chronic, infectious disease resulting in significant physical and social morbidity. This study aims to assess the nutritional status of patients with leprosy. Methods Treatment-naïve leprosy cases seen over two years at a tertiary care center were recruited in this prospective observational study.

Dermoscopy of topical steroid-dependent or damaged face: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Topical corticosteroid (TCS) abuse is rampant and results in steroid addiction labeled as topical steroid-dependent or damaged face (TSDF). Indian market is replete with triple combination creams containing TCS sold as over-the-counter products at low cost, luring people to use them without prescription. The resultant damage if detected late is irreversible and difficult to treat.

Dermoscopic characterization of guttate psoriasis, pityriasis rosea, and pityriasis lichenoides chronica in dark skin phototypes: An observational study.

Dermoscopy as a diagnostic tool is attaining impetus in inflammatory dermatoses with the cumulative description of characteristic findings in most dermatoses obviating at times the need of biopsy. In this retrospective observational study, 20 histopathology confirmed cases each of pityriasis rosea (PR), guttate psoriasis (GP), and pityriasis lichenoides chronica (PLC) seen over a period of 3 years were included. Dermoscopy images were extracted from photography archives for evaluation and three lesions from each patient (60 lesions each) were analyzed.