Rare Presentation of Pityriasis Lichenoides et Varioliformis Acuta: A Case of Mucosal and Face Involvement in a 15-Year-Old Male. [PDF]
Graphical abstract illustrating a rare case of PLEVA with mucosal and facial involvement in a 15‐year‐old male, successfully treated with doxycycline. ABSTRACT Pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta (PLEVA) is a rare inflammatory skin disorder, and mucosal involvement is exceptionally uncommon.
Shah S, Shrestha J, Piya S.
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Tofacitinib: A Promising Therapeutic Option for Refractory Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris-A Case Report. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Pityriasis rubra pilaris (PRP) is a rare inflammatory skin disorder that can severely impact the quality of life in patients, particularly when presenting in chronic or refractory form. Emerging evidence suggests that JAK inhibitors may offer a potential treatment option.
Taremi M, Mozafari N.
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Dermatology continues to develop at a steady pace. In the past few years there have been exciting advances in our understanding of skin structure and function in health and disease and progress in genetics, epidemiology, immunology, pharmacology and ...
Boffa, Michael J.
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Pityriasis Lichenoides Chronica-like CD8-Positive Mycosis Fungoides
Dear Editors: Pityriasis lichenoides-like mycosis fungoides (MF) is a rare variant of MF, presenting clinical findings of pityriasis lichenoides (PL) but histological features of MF [...]
Thilo Gambichler +4 more
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Pitiríase Versicolor Pityriasis Versicolor
A expressão pitiríase versicolor define uma infecção fúngica superficial caracterizada por alterações na pigmentação cutânea. O distúrbio de pigmentação é devido à colonização do estrato córneo por um fungo dimórfico, lipofílico, encontrado na flora ...
Josenildo Rodrigues de Oliveira +2 more
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Pityriasis Rosea Like Drug Rash – A Need to Identify the Disease in Childhood [PDF]
Pityriasis rosea is a common dermatosis named by Gibert in 1860. It is an acute self limiting papulosquamous disease, probably infective in origin affecting healthy adolescents and young adults.
Maitreyee Panda +4 more
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Fungicidal activity plus reservoir effect allow short treatment courses with terbinafine in tinea pedis [PDF]
Terbinafine, a synthetic allylamine, exerts fungicidal activity against dermatophytes, the causative pathogens of tinea pedis. As proven in numerous clinical trials, tinea pedis can be effectively and safely treated by topical terbinafine.
Korting, Hans Christian +2 more
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Four common infectious skin conditions Tinea corporis, Pityriasis versicolor, Scabies, Larva migrans
Four dermatological conditions, all with well-established pathogens, will be discussed in this article: tinea corporis (dermatophyte infection), pityriasis versicolor (an asymptomatic infection) caused by the yeast Pityrosporon orbiculare) and two ...
W.K. Jacyk
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Dermoscopy as a useful supportive tool for the diagnosis of pityriasis amiantacea-like tinea capitis [PDF]
Clinical distinction between pityriasis amiantacea-like tinea capitis and pityriasis amiantacea due to noninfectious inflammatory diseases is a troublesome task, with a significant likelihood of diagnostic errors/delays and prescription of inappropriate ...
Errichetti, Enzo, Stinco, Giuseppe
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Late onset pityriasis rubra pilaris type IV treated with low-dose acitretin [PDF]
Pityriasis rubra pilaris is a chronic inflammatory dermatosis of unknown etiology and great clinical variability. It has been divided into six categories.
Carvalho, S. +3 more
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