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Byline: Ashwin. Rao, Sujay. Khandpur, M. Kalaivani Background and Objectives: Palmo-plantar psoriasis and dermatitis show several overlapping clinical features. We undertook this retrospective study to elucidate and compare the histological [...]

Byline: Kaliaperumal. Karthikeyan, Annapurna. Kumar Paederus dermatitis is an irritant dermatitis caused by pederin, a toxin produced by the rove beetle (Paederus). The disease occurs worldwide, but it is often [...]

Byline: Kejin. Zhang, Guizhi. Zhou, Changping. Yu, Keyu. Wang, Furen. Zhang Sir, Rheumatoid neutrophilic dermatitis is a rare cutaneous disorder associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).[sup][1] It is observed predominantly in [...]

Byline: Chitra. Gupta, Surabhi. Sinha, Bijaylaxmi. Sahoo, Vijay. Garg Sir, A 12-year-old boy presented with generalized redness and scaling of the skin for 3 months and white patches on the [...]

Byline: Rajiv. Joshi, Lismary. Mesquita Sir, The histopathological sine qua non of porokeratosis in all its clinical variants is the presence of the cornoid lamella which consists of a column [...]

Byline: Kaushal. Verma, G. Sethuraman, M. Kalavani Background: Azathioprine in daily doses has been shown to be effective and safe in the treatment of Parthenium dermatitis. Weekly pulses of azathioprine [...]

Byline: Balakrishnan. Nirmal, Smitha. Segu, Sarvajnamurthy. Sacchidanand, Pushkar. Deshpande Sir, Pyogenic granuloma is a benign tumor characterized by lobular capillary proliferation. Conventional treatment includes complete surgical excision with primary closure [...]

Byline: Qi. Luan, Ling. Liu, Qiangmei. Wei, Bin. Liu Sir, Facial corticosteroid addiction dermatitis is a relatively recalcitrant dermatologic condition result in from long-term abuse of topical steroids. The condition [...]

Byline: Rajiv. Joshi Interface dermatitis includes diseases in which the primary pathology involves the dermo-epidermal junction. The salient histological findings include basal cell vacuolization, apoptotic keratinocytes (colloid or Civatte bodies), [...]

Byline: Ajay. Kumar, Meena. Kashyap, Vikas. Pathania Sir, Seborrhoeic keratoses (SK) are common benign nevoid epidermal tumors, frequently pigmented, with proliferation of basaloid and squamous keratinocytes and pseudo-horn cysts on [...]

Byline: Rameshwar. Gutte, Sarika. Holmukhe, Gaurav. Garg, Vidya. Kharkar, Uday. Khopkar Childhood granulomatous periorificial dermatitis (CGPD) is a self-limiting and well-recognized entity. A six-year-old male child, a known case of [...]

Byline: Anju. Raj, Chembolli. Lakshmi, C. Srinivas Sir, Parthenium dermatitis is a chronic distressing dermatitis and was thought to be mediated solely by Type-IV hypersensitivity. Combined Type-I and Type-IV hypersensitivity [...]

Byline: Rameshwar. Gutte, Uday. Khopkar Sir, Palisaded neutrophilic and granulomatous dermatitis (PNGD) is a rare entity that has not been clearly defined either histopathologically or clinically. [sup][1] It usually presents [...]

Byline: Gaurav. Garg, Uday. Khopkar Pellagra is a niacin deficiency disorder characterized clinically by diarrhea, dermatitis, and dementia. However, few drugs also cause pellagroid dermatitis. Recently, we encountered two cases [...]

Byline: Virendra. Sehgal, Govind. Srivastava, Sonal. Sharma, Shruti. Sehgal, Prashant. Verma Lichenoid tissue reaction or interface dermatitis embrace several clinical conditions, the prototype of which is lichen planus and its [...]

Byline: Anju. Raj, Reena. Rai, Bharath. Rangarajan Sir, A 75-year-old male presented with exfoliative dermatitis in November 2008. During admission, all routine blood investigations were normal expect for the raised [...]

Byline: Nidhi. Jindal, Nand. Sharma, Vikram. Mahajan, Vinay. Shanker, Gita. Tegta, Ghanshyam. Verma Background: There is a strong need to develop a photopatch test tray suitable for Indian patients of [...]

Byline: Sanjay. Rathi, Leishiwon. Kumrah Background: Prolonged and continuous use of topical steroids leads to rosacea-like dermatitis with variable clinical presentations. Aims: To study the various clinical presentations of patients [...]

Byline: Arpita. Mehta, Rickson. Pereira, Chitra. Nayak, Rachita. Dhurat Acroangiodermatitis (synonym pseudo-Kaposi sarcoma) is an unusual, benign condition which clinically presents as purple-colored patches, plaques or nodules, mostly on the [...]

Byline: Paula. Torres-Camacho, Andres. Tirado-Sanchez, Rosa. Ponce-Olivera Sir, Erythroderma, first described by Hebra in 1868, is an inflammatory disorder characterized by erythema and scaling involving more than 90% of the [...]

Byline: Hemanta. Kar, Sonali. Langar, Tarlok. Arora, Pankaj. Sharma, Alok. Raina, Meenakshi. Bhardwaj Background: Photodermatitis is an abnormal response to ultraviolet radiation (UVR). The photoallergic contact dermatitis caused by plant [...]

Byline: Savita. Yadav, Sunil. Dogra Zug KA, Rietschel RL, Warshaw EM, Belsito DV, Taylor JS, Maibach HI et al. The value of patch testing patients with a scattered generalized distribution [...]

Byline: Shilpa. Mehta, Archana. Singal, Navjeevan. Singh, Sambit. Bhattacharya Background: Psoriasis has different clinical variants, which mimic diverse dermatological conditions and may require a histopathological confirmation of the diagnosis. Studies [...]

Byline: Debasish. Basu, Nitesh. Painuly, Manoj. Sahoo Dermatitis artefacta is a disorder in which the skin is the target of self-inflicted injury. We report a case of dermatitis artefacta, in [...]

Byline: Kapil. Gupta Clinicians often receive pathology reports proclaiming a spongiotic dermatitis with little in the form of a cogent differential diagnosis. In some cases, this is a natural consequence [...]

Byline: Asok. Gangopadhyay, Jayanta. Das, Sujata. Sengupta Sir, Schamberg's disease (SD), (progressive pigmentary dermatosis), is of uncertain etiology.[sup] [1] Irregular patches of brown pigmentation due to hemosiderin deposits, with characteristic [...]

Byline: Chandrashekar. Laxmisha, Senthil. Kumar, Amiya. Nath, Devinder. Thappa Sir, Hand eczema is a descriptive diagnosis for dermatitis largely confined to the hands, and it does not make any presumption [...]

Byline: Kaushal. Verma, R. Mahesh, Pushplata. Srivastava, M. Ramam, A. Mukhopadhyaya Background: Parthenium hysterophorus is the commonest cause of airborne contact dermatitis in India. Azathioprine has been shown to be [...]

Byline: V. Sehgal, A. Aggarwal, G. Srivastava, A. Sharma Hand dermatitis or eczema poses an extraordinary challenge in diagnosis and treatment and demands expeditious and aggressive attention to prevent disability [...]

Byline: M. Raksha, Y. Marfatia Two hundred patients (112 males and 88 females) with cutaneous drug eruption were studied. The aim was to recognize the offending drug, to evaluate mortality [...]

Byline: S. Murthy, Karjigi. Siddalingappa, T. Suresh Sir, Nicolau's syndrome (NS) is a rare injection site reaction, following intramuscular administration of drugs, with varying degrees of tissue damage. It is [...]

Byline: P. Mercy, A. Ghorpade, M. Das, A. Soud, S. Puttoo, D. Sharma, A. Jain Acquired Blaschkoid dermatitis characterised by unilateral relapsing inflammatory disease along the lines of Blaschko. A [...]

Byline: Shapour. Omidvari, Hojjatollah. Saboori, Mohammad. Mohammadianpanah, Ahmad. Mosalaei, Niloofar. Ahmadloo, Mohammad. Mosleh-Shirazi, Farideh. Jowkar, Soha. Namaz Background: Although acute radiation dermatitis (ARD) is a common side-effect of radiotherapy (RT), [...]

Byline: Amiya. Nath, Devinder. Thappa Sir, Cosmetics are defined as "articles intended to be rubbed, poured, sprayed on or sprinkled, introduced into or otherwise applied to the human body or [...]

Byline: Chembolli. Lakshmi, C. Srinivas Background: Parthenium dermatitis is a major problem in urban and rural India. Patients with severe allergic rhinitis due to exposure to pollens of parthenium are [...]

Byline: Gurcharan. Singh, Syed. Yousuf Ali Introduction Paederus dermatitis, also known as dermatitis linearis[1] or blister beetle dermatitis[2] is a peculiar irritant contact dermatitis characterized by erythematous and bullous lesions [...]

Byline: M. Binitha, Daisy. Thomas, L. Asha Tuberous sclerosis is an autosomal dominant disease due to mutations in two genetic loci, characterized by hamartoma formation in the skin, nervous system, [...]

Byline: C. Srinivas Sir, We first reported the effectiveness of Azathioprine in the management of chronic actinic dermatitis induced by parthenium[1] and hence found the article titled parthenium dermatitis treated [...]

Byline: Kaushal. Verma, Arika. Bansal, G. Sethuraman Background: Parthenium dermatitis is a serious problem in India. Corticosteroids are the mainstay of treatment but the prolonged use of corticosteroids can cause [...]

Byline: D. Krupa Shankar, Shristi. Shrestha Background: A chronic dermatosis like nummular dermatitis may be complicated by contact dermatitis due to an impaired cutaneous barrier. This study is aimed at [...]