Category: Diseases

Corns are small, round mounds of firm, dead skin that usually form over bony areas of the toes. Calluses are thickened areas that most often develop on the balls and

Staphylococcal scalded-skin syndrome (SSSS) is a toxin-mediated epidermolytic disease characterized by erythema, widespread detachment of the superficial layers of the epidermis, resembling scalding, and occurring mainly in newborns and infants

Superficial spreading melanoma (SSM) is one of two major cancers [SSM and nodular melanoma (NM)] that arise in melanocytes of persons with white skin. It arises most frequently on the

Livedo reticularis is a blue-reddish skin discoloration and most often localized in the lower extremities. The pathological mechanism of this is poorly understood. Probably it is related to the peripheral

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection caused by Treponema pallidum and characterized by the appearance of a painless ulcer or chancre at the site of inoculation, associated with regional lymphadenopathy;

Amyloidosis is an extracellular deposition in various tissues of amyloid fibril proteins and of a protein called amyloid P component (AP); the identical component of AP is present in the

Telogen effluvium is the transient increased shedding of normal club hairs (telogen) from resting scalp follicles secondary to accelerated shift of anagen (growth phase) into catagen and telogen (resting phase),

Thrombocytopenic purpura (TP) is characterized by cutaneous hemorrhages occurring in association with a reduced platelet count; hemorrhages are clinically usually small (petechiae) but at times larger (ecchymoses) and occur at

Superficial phlebitis is an inflammatory thrombosis of a superficial normal vein, usually due to infection or trauma from needles and catheters, or of a varicose vein usually in the context

Tinea barbae is a dermatophytic trichomycosis involving the beard and moustache areas, closely resembling tinea capitis, with invasion of the hair shaft. Causes of Tinea Barbae Folliculitis starts when hair