Skin Diseases
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Mycobacterial infection masquerading as cutaneous sarcoidosis.

25 Nov 2009 Granulomatous skin inflammation can be secondary to a number of infectious and noninfectious aetiologies. Although the presence of Mycobacterium gordonae is commonly thought to reflect environmental contamination, infection can occur even in ... Read more...

Urinary and cutaneous complications of sulphur mustard poisoning preceding pulmonary and ocular involvement: an unusual sequence of symptoms.

25 Nov 2009 Sulphur mustard was used as a disabling chemical warfare agent during World War I, and, in more recent times, the Iran-Iraq conflict. Various chronic and acute complications have been documented in almost 100,000 Iranian victims to date. Several ... Read more...

IgG4-related Sclerosing disease: a potential new etiology of cutaneous pseudolymphoma.

30 Oct 2009 IgG4-related sclerosing disease is a syndrome characterized by the involvement of a wide variety of tissues by lymphoplasmacytic infiltrates and sclerosis, elevated serum IgG4 titer, and increased IgG4+ plasma cells in tissues. This report describes ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Skin Diseases'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Mycobacterial infection masquerading as cutaneous sarcoidosis. 25 Nov 2009
• Urinary and cutaneous complications of sulphur mustard poisoning preceding pulmonary and ocular involvement: an unusual sequence of symptoms. 25 Nov 2009
• Sarcoidosis: extrathoracic manifestations. 30 Oct 2009
• IgG4-related Sclerosing disease: a potential new etiology of cutaneous pseudolymphoma. 30 Oct 2009
• JAAD grand rounds. Flaccid pustular eruption. 30 Oct 2009
• Mast cell stabilizing properties of antihistamines. 30 Oct 2009
• A new way to classify genetic skin disease. 30 Oct 2009
• [Extraintestinal manifestations in inflammatory bowel disease] 17 Oct 2009
• Acute edema/cutaneous distention syndrome associated with refeeding in a patient with anorexia nervosa. 29 Sep 2009
• A simple algorithm for evaluating dermatologic disease in critically ill patients: a study based on retrospective review of medical intensive care unit consults. 29 Sep 2009
• Abstracts of the Australasian College of Dermatologists Biennial Spring Conference. October 8-11, 2009. Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia. 29 Sep 2009
• Hydroxychloroquine induces autophagic cell death of human dermal fibroblasts: implications for treating fibrotic skin diseases. 29 Sep 2009
• A homozygous nonsense mutation in the human desmocollin-3 (DSC3) gene underlies hereditary hypotrichosis and recurrent skin vesicles. 15 Sep 2009
• In vivo optical imaging of cellular inflammatory response in granuloma formation using fluorescence-labeled macrophages. 14 Sep 2009
• [Skin manifestations, treatment and rehabilitation in overweight and obesity] 11 Sep 2009
• VDR and MEK-ERK dependent induction of the antimicrobial peptide cathelicidin in keratinocytes by lithocholic acid. 3 Sep 2009
• Japanese version of cutaneous body image scale: translation and validation. 30 Aug 2009
• Photoclinic. 30 Aug 2009
• Disseminated cutaneous mast cell tumors with epitheliotropism and systemic mastocytosis in a domestic cat. 30 Aug 2009
• The role of skin assessment in older people. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Skin Diseases'

Descriptor UI: D012871

Alternative terms: Skin Diseases; Disease, Skin; Diseases, Skin; Skin Disease; Dermatosis; Dermatoses;

Related Mesh Headings: Dermatologic Agents; Skin Manifestations;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C17.800;

Online Note: pre-explosion = SKIN DISEASES (PX)

History Note: 65; was see under DERMATOLOGY 1963-64

Technical Notes: GEN: prefer specifics; X ref DERMATOSES is sometimes used loosely for "dermatitis", strictly speaking an inflamm dis: check text carefully; /drug ther: consider also DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; inflamm dis = DERMATITIS & its specifics; dryness of skin goes here: do not interpret as XERODERMA see ICHTHYOSIS without clues from text; also available are FACIAL DERMATOSES; FOOT DERMATOSES; HAND DERMATOSES; LEG DERMATOSES & SCALP DERMATOSES