A skin lesion is a nonspecific term that refers to any change in the skin surface; it may be benign, malignant or premalignant. Skin lesions may have color (pigment), be raised, flat, large, small, fluid filled or exhibit other characteristics. Common examples of benign skin lesions may in...
This may be due to the highly distinctive nature of these skin lesions, which neither resemble typical monkeypox lesions nor bear similarities to any of the 22 common skin diseases analyzed. Fig. 3: Results of downstream tasks with monkeypox images added. a Scatter of monkeypox images. most ...
In 1897, Sir Albert Cook described largeskin ulcersin Ugandan patients which were probablyBuruli ulcers. In the 1920s, Kleinschmidt in Zaire (DRC) described lesions with undermined edges that teemed with acid-fast bacilli (AFB). The first culture ofM.ulceranswas achieved accidentally in Australia...
Of 12 patients with eosinophils present in at least 1 biopsy specimen, 11 (92%) patients had a clinical history of pruritus of their skin lesions (P = 0.052). Limitations of this study include retrospective design and small number of patients....
Calcipotriol ointment and salicylic acid 5 % to 10 % ointment were used as keratolytic agents. Treatment effectiveness was evaluated by blinded comparison of photographs of the lesions taken before and after PDL treatment in each patient. A good to very good improvement in the lesions was ...
The lesions are tender red nodules that break down and ulcerate, discharging onto the surface of the skin and healing with atrophic scars. It is more common in females. Lichen Scrofulosorum. This is a rare form, occurring in children and teenagers with primary tuberculosis or tuberculosis ...
We present rare epidemiological data of different types of NMSC diagnosed and treated in central Europe in form of a large series of surgically treated BCCs and SCCs over a period of 12 years. The most frequent site of the lesions was face; however, we observed an increasing trend in the ...
(ICD), presents with acute and/or chronic eczematous lesions triggered by contact allergens and irritants, respectively. Whereas in ICD the innate immune system is activated, in ACD both innate and adaptive, mainly type 1, immune responses are involved. In both ICD and ACD, skin barrier ...
has been ascribed to earlier diagnosis and thinner lesions (MacKie et al, 1992). In a population study of 3000 cases diagnosed in the west of Scotland during 1979–1993, thin melanomas were more common in the affluent, but the proportion of thin tumours increased more in deprived groups duri...
Lesions attributable to infection can be classified according to whether they result from haematogenous spread or from contiguous infection and the number of bacteria present within the lesion (see Table 40.4).60 The commonest forms of cutaneous tuberculosis are scrofuloderma and lupus vulgaris. Scr...