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Cranial Nerve Diseases/etiology , Facial Paralysis/etiology , Leprosy/complications , Trigeminal Nerve , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Syndrome , Ulcer/etiologySubject(s)
Hair Color , Pigmentation Disorders/diagnosis , Ear, External , Humans , Male , Middle AgedSubject(s)
Leprosy/complications , Neurofibromatosis 1/complications , Skin Neoplasms/complications , Adult , Humans , MaleSubject(s)
Skin Diseases/pathology , Alopecia/pathology , Biopsy , Carcinoma, Basal Cell/pathology , Child , Growth Disorders/pathology , Humans , India , Male , Skin Neoplasms/pathology , SyndromeABSTRACT
In a family of four children, all females, three sisters presented with Clouston's disease or hidrotic ectodermal dysplasia. The case is reported for the rarity of presentation in a single generation with no history of other family members affected.
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A 20 years old male had cutis laxa manifesting as loose pendulous .skin over the face and neck giving a prematurely aged appearance.
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Thirty-patients, all above 50 years of age with herpes zoster were treated with diphenylhydantoin, 100 mg twice daily for 10 days. The incidence of post - herpetic neuralgia was compared with that of post - herpetic neuralgia in another group of 30 patients treated with conventional analgesics, antacids, antihistamines and antibiotics. In the study group, only'20% of the patients developed neuralgia as against 80% in the control group.
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A 10 year old boy and his father presented with atrophoderma vermiculatum. The son had multiple pits preceded by horny papules since 5 years of age while the father 40 year old had honey comb atrophy on both cheeks. The histopathology of skin lesions revealed non-specific peri-follicular inflammation.
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Twenty patients having contact dermatitis on the forehead due to kum-kum were patch tested with the commercially available kum-kum,and also the turmeric powder used as such, as well as after alkalinisation potassium hydroxide to produce a reddish brown.colour. Patch tests were positive in all the patients with the commercial kum-kum, but not with the turmeric powder in either form.
