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Objective To examine the prevalence of itching in psoriatic skin lesions and its relation with different variables. Patients and methods A simple questionnaire and a verbal 4-point intensity scale were used. Severity of disease was calculated by using Psoriasis Area Severity Index (PASI). Results Six hundred and fourteen patients of psoriasis were examined in which majority were chronic plaque type. Pruritus was present in 79% of the patients, and was severe in 34%; moderate in 15% and mild in 30%. Conclusion Pruritus was common in chronic plaque psoriasis, female patients and those with more severe disease. Itching was more severe in more severe type of psoriasis. It was more common in females in comparison to males. But there was no difference between pediatric and adult psoriasis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a case study of a patient with asymptomatic moduloulcerative lesion on the right pre-auricular area that started as a small nodule and increased in size as it became ulcerated. The patient had a history of similar lesions twice in a span of three years which had been previously excised. Histopathological findings suggests the presence of epithelial neoplasm ad is well-circumscribed and connected with surface epidermis at multiple points.

Arsenicosis is a multisystem disorder, with many cutaneous features. The cutaneous manifestations take the form of pigmentary changes, hyperkeratosis, and skin cancers (Bowen's disease, squamous cell carcinoma, and basal cell carcinoma). It is a known carcinogen and there is association between chronic arsenic exposure and malignancy of bladder, lung, liver, kidney and other visceral malignancies. Our patient came from an endemic area where levels of arsenic are high in drinking water and had features of arsenical keratosis for past fifteen years along with metastatic testicular cancer at the time of presentation. Arsenic exposure may increase the risk of testicular cancer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the symptoms and condition of the multiple umbilicated papulonodular lesions skin disorder. It cites the case of a 50-year-old woman presented with multiple papulonodular lesions on the face, neck, and upper back. It also mentions the examination undergone by the patient in which the initial diagnosis was cutaneous histoplasmosis, which responds to itraconazole, fluconazole or amphotericin B treatments.