Day: August 6, 2018

Livedo reticularis (LR) is a mottled bluish (livid) discoloration of the skin that occurs in a netlike pattern. It is not a diagnosis in itself but a reaction pattern. It

Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is an immune disorder caused by the reaction of histoincompatible, immunocompetent donor cells against the tissues of an immunoincompetent host (graft-versus-host reaction, GVHR), characterized by acute cutaneous

Glucagonoma syndrome is a rare but well-described clinical entity caused by excessive production of glucagon in an α cell tumor of the pancreas, characterized by superficial migratory necrolytic erythema (MNE)

Giant cell arteritis is a systemic granulomatous vasculitis of medium- and large-sized arteries, most notably the temporal artery and other branches of the carotid artery, characterized by headaches, fatigue, fever,

Candidiasis, also known as a “yeast infection” or VVC, is a common fungal infection that occurs when there is overgrowth of the fungus called Candida Genital candidiasis is a Candida

Gangrenous cellulitis (infectious gangrene) is characterized by rapid progression of infection with extensive necrosis of subcutaneous tissues and overlying skin. Several clinical types of gangrenous cellulitis occur dependent on the

A fixed drug eruption (FDE) is an adverse cutaneous reaction to an ingested drug, characterized by the formation of a solitary, but at times multiple, plaque, bulla, or erosion; if

As skin ages, it begins to sag and droop. Line, wrinkles, and furrows begin to form in the skin as time marches on. There are a lot of factors that

Definition A stye is also called as hordeolum. It, also spelled “sty”, develops when a gland at the edge of the eyelid becomes infected. Resembling a pimple on the eyelid,

Extramammary Paget’s disease (EPD) is a neoplasm of the anogenital and axillary skin, histologically and clinically similar to Paget’s disease of the breast, and often represents an intraepiderrnal extension of