Fixed drug eruption and intradermal provocation tests.

Objective: To determine the role of Intradermal Provocation (IDP) tests in Fixed Drug Eruption (FDE).

Study Design: Quasi-experimental study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Dermatology Unit, Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore, from August 2004 to July 2006.

Successful treatment of proximal white subungual onychomycosis with oral terbinafine therapy.

Proximal white subungual onychomycosis (PWSO) is a rare form of onychomycosis of both fingernails and toenails. It occurs when the fungus invades the stratum corneum of the proximal nailfold followed by infection of the deeper parts of the nail plate. The surface of the overlying nail is usually normal.

Prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen carrier state in patients with lichen planus--report of 200 cases from Lahore, Pakistan.

Background: To determine the prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen carrier state in patients with lichen planus.

Methods: A quasi experimental cross sectional study was done at Department of Dermatology, Shaikh Zayed Federal Postgraduate Medical Institute, Lahore, Pakistan, from April 2003 to March 2005. Two hundred clinically diagnosed cases of LP and equal number of patients with other dermatoses not reportedly associated with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection (control group) were collected from Skin Out Patient Department.

Fixed drug eruption: topical provocation and subsequent phenomena.

Objective: To determine the usefulness of topical provocation in detecting the incriminated drug causing fixed eruption.

Design: Quasi-experimental study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Department of Dermatology, Shaikh Zayed FPGMI, Lahore, from November 2002 to December 2005.

Itraconazole pulse therapy in the treatment of disto-lateral subungual onychomycosis.

Objective: To assess the efficacy of itraconazole pulse therapy in disto-lateral subungual onychomycosis.

Design: Quasi interventional study.

Place And Duration Of Study: The study was conducted at the Department of Dermatology, KEMC/Mayo Hospital, Lahore, during the period from 1996-1998.

Common allergens in shoe dermatitis: our experience in Lahore, Pakistan.

Background: Shoe dermatitis is a form of contact dermatitis resulting from exposure to shoes. Different chemicals, in conjunction with a hot and humid environment within the shoe, give rise to allergic or irritant dermatitis. Allergic shoe dermatitis is commonly caused by constituents of rubber, leather, adhesives, and rarely by linings and dyes.

Frequency of anti-HCV antibodies in patients with lichen planus.

Objective: To determine the frequency of anti-HCV antibodies, identify risk factors associated with HCV infection and to screen asymptomatic carriers in patients with lichen planus.

Design: A prospective study.

Place And Duration Of Study: This study was carried out in the out patient department of Dermatology, Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore, from October, 1999 to September, 2001.