11/100. Perioral dermatitis, an important side-effect of corticosteroids. Perioral dermatitis has been ascribed to the use of oral contraceptives, cosmetics, toothpastes of to an infection with candida or fusobacteria, etc. However, seborrheic diathesis, together with the use of potent topical steroids, appeared to be the main cause of the affection. This was confirmed with the help of a number observations in the clinic and by inference from data regarding the geographical spread of the potent steroids. ( info) |
12/100. A psychosomatic triad in a bipolar patient. A 56-year-old white male with a rare case of psychosomatic triad occurring during a single depressive episode is presented. The dynamics, course, and treatment are discussed. It is suggested that common psychosomatic mechanisms are interacting with the bipolar illness. ( info) |
13/100. Sign of Leser-Trelat. We report a case of squamous cell carcinoma of the lung associated with the sudden appearance of seborrheic keratosis and acquired ichthyosis. We conclude that the sign of Leser-Trelat is a rare cutaneous manifestation of internal malignant disease. ( info) |
| Woolly hair is very curly hair that is characteristically unruly and will not form naturally into locks. Woolly hair nevus first appears when the scalp hair begins to grow. It is seen as a patch of unruly, very curly hair, arising in a field of otherwise unremarkable scalp hair. Woolly hair can also be seen as a hereditary trait involving the entire scalp and in acquired forms. It may be distinguished from two other types of unruly hair, pili torti and spun glass hair. ( info) |
15/100. Percutaneous absorption of phenol and methyl alcohol in Magenta paint B.P.C. Estimations of phenol and methyl alcohol in the urine of 16 infants with seborrhoeic eczema treated with Magenta (Castellani's) paint B.P.C. were made to determine the degree of absorption. phenol was detected in four cases and methyl alcohol in none. ( info) |
16/100. Multiple clinical manifestation of HTLV1 infection in a single patient. HTLV-1 infection is endemic in the Caribbean and several publications have reported the clinical disease entities seen in this population of patients. This case report is an account of a patient admitted to Kingstown General Hospital, St Vincent and the Grenadines, who had severe infective dermatitis, tropical spastic paraparesis (TSP) and Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). As far as we are aware, all three diseases have not been described in a single patient. ( info) |
17/100. Cutaneous manifestation of internal malignancies (II): the sign of Leser-Trelat. Leser-Trelat Sign refers to a sudden showering of seborrheic keratoses and its possible relationship to internal malignancy. ( info) |
18/100. Seborrheic keratosis: an acantholytic variant. Two elderly women with seborrheic keratoses on the abdomen are reported on because of the peculiar histologic appearance characterized by prominent acantholysis. Although the basic histologic architecture was a papillomatous acanthoma corresponding to that of seborrheic keratosis, the upper portion of the lesions showed extensive acantholytic changes and dyskeratotic cells. Differentiation from seborrheic keratosis with focal acantholytic dyskeratosis, warty dyskeratoma, keratosis senilis and acantholytic squamous cell carcinoma could be made on the basis of clinical as well as histological features. Although the histogenesis is uncertain, it seems logical to propose that this is a rare variant of irritated seborrheic keratosis. ( info) |
19/100. Seborrhoeic dermatitis of the scalp--a manifestation of Hailey-Hailey disease in a predisposed individual? A 59-year-old man was found to have typical Hailey-Hailey disease of the back, neck and axillae. In addition, he had fine white scaling in the scalp and postauricular areas. Despite the clinical appearance of seborrhoeic dermatitis, a biopsy of his scalp showed prominent suprabasal epidermal separation with acantholysis. We propose that in a genetically predisposed individual, Hailey-Hailey disease can assume atypical and non-specific appearances. ( info) |
20/100. The sign of Leser-Trelat in a young woman with osteogenic sarcoma. The sign of Leser-Trelat refers to a sudden increase in size and number of seborrheic keratoses associated with internal malignancy. The validity of this cutaneous sign continues to be debated, particularly because of the prevalence of both seborrheic keratoses and malignancy in the elderly population. Preceding inflammatory skin conditions are known to precipitate eruptions of seborrheic keratoses in otherwise healthy persons. These cutaneous lesions may also be associated with other markers of underlying malignancy such as acanthosis nigricans. We present a young female patient with osteogenic sarcoma in whom eruptive seborrheic keratoses developed. We believe this case is representative of the sign of Leser-Trelat. ( info) |