Aperito Journal of Dermatology

Congenital Triangular Alopecia - Report of a Case and Review of the Literature

Alexander K C Leung1* and Benjamin Barankin2

We report a 3-year-old Chinese girl who presented with an 18-month history of a localized asymptomatic triangular area of hair loss in the right frontotemporal area. There was no history of trauma. The par...

Recalcitrant Pyoderma Gangrenosum- Like Atypical Mycobacterial Infection Successfully Treated with Combination of First and Second Line Anti Tubercular Drugs

Sunil Kumar Gupta 1*, Uraiya Dharmendra2 and Bajpai Malay3

A 65-year-old male presented in the outpatient department with multiple painful ulcers and pustules on the whole trunk. The total duration of disease was 14-months. He was provisionally diagnosed as a case...

Tinea Pedis

Alexander K C Leung1* and Benjamin Barankin2

Tinea pedis, also known as "athlete foot", refers to a superficial fungal infection of the feet caused predominately by dermatophytes. Tinea pedis is most often caused by Trichphyton rubrum and T. interdig...

Digital Mucous Cyst

Alexander K C Leung1* and Benjamin Barankin2

Digital mucous cysts are benign, cystic lesions of the digits typically located near the distal interphalangeal joints or near the proximal nail folds. The peak incidence rates are in the age group between...

Fungal Resistance: Mechanism and Strategies to Overcome

P K Nigam1* and Pallavi Nigam2

Successful and Rapid Treatment of Two Patients with Bacillary Angiomatosis with Azithromycin

Christopher Schuster1*, Maximilian C. Aichelburg1, Armin Rieger1 and Katharina Grabmeier-Pfistershammer1

We report on two homeless, HIV-infected patients with intravenous drug abuse developing a generalized rash composed of angiomatous papules. Based on the clinical manifestations, routine histology and seque...

A Missed Opportunity: Indicator Disease Guided Testing for HIV

Christopher Schuster1, Armin Rieger1 and Katharina Grabmeier-Pfistershammer1

We report on a 42 year old, heterosexual black man presenting with an anal ulceration and generalized itch. Upon inspection, hyper pigmented disseminated cutaneous patches, non-removable whitish ...

Axis-I Diagnosis in Vitiligo and Chronic Urticaria Patients

*Fulya Maner and Meltem Sukan1

Background: There is a significant co-morbidity between dermatological disorders and psychiatric. It has been estimated that in at least one-third of patients with skin diseases, their effective&...

The Migration Route of Langerhans Cell

*Keiji Sugiura

Topical AC-11 Abates While Applied Actinic Keratoses and Early Squamous Cell Cancers in Hairless Mice Exposed to Ultraviolet A (UVA) Radiation

Julian M Menter PHD1, Amir Etemadi PHD2, Abrienne M Patta PHD3 and Noah Scheinfeld MD JD4*

AC-11 is an aqueous extract of the botanical, Uncaria tomentosa, which has a variety of effects that enhance DNA repair and down regulate inflammation. AC-11 is essentially free of oxindole alkaloids (<...

An atypical form of favus is undiagnosed for 50 years

Ru-zhi Zhang1 and Wen-yuan Zhu2*

Tinea capitis favosa, also termed favus, is a chronic inflammatory dermatophyte infection of the scalp usually caused by Trichophyton schoenleinii. It can be acquired during childhood or adolescence and ty...