Aims: The objective of our study was to describe the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of pediatric psoriasis, as well as metabolic comorbidities and cardiovascular diseases. Study Design: Retrospective descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: Dermatology depart...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v12i4247
Aims: Pityriasis lichenoides chronic is a rare inflammatory dermatosis, unusually hypochromic in dark phototypes. The evolution of the disease is usually benign, but a malignant transformation in mycosis fungoides is reported. You have to know how to think about it when faced wit...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v11i4226
Aim: Onychomycosis is a rare pathology in infants which constitutes 15.5% of onychodystrophies in children, especially those with Down syndrome and the immunocompromised. Dermosocpy is an innocuous examination allowing to guide the clinical diagnosis and to avoid invasive examina...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v11i4224
Blaschko-linear psoriasis (PBL) is a rare form of psoriasis that presents as longitudinal lines on the skin, along Blaschko lines. This form of psoriasis is often observed in children and can be difficult to distinguish from other acquired Blaschko linear dermatoses such as infla...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v11i3219
Aims: Alopecia areata is a non-scarring autoimmune disease, quite frequent in the pediatric population. Trichoscopy plays a fundamental role in its diagnosis, prognosis and therapeutic evaluation. Our objective was to describe the trichoscopic signs of alopecia areata in children...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v11i1209
A 12-year-old girl presented with three ulcerated lesions on her face that were red, swollen, had advancing borders, and undermined. Despite treatment with intravenous and topical antibiotics, the ulcers did not improve, and cultures showed no growth of organisms. The patient did...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v11i4225