Category: Diseases

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

The exfoliative erythroderma syndrome (EES) is a serious, at times life-threatening reaction pattern of the skin characterized by generalized and uniform redness and scaling involving practically the entire skin and

An exanthematous drug reaction (eruption) is an adverse hypersensitivity reaction to an ingested or parenterally administered drug characterized by a cutaneous eruption that mimics a measles-like viral exanthem; systemic involvement

This hereditary metabolic disorder of porphyrin metabolism is unique among the porphyrias in that porphyrins or porphyrin precursors are not excreted in the urine. Also, erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) is characterized

Erythrasma (Greek: “red spot”) is a chronic bacterial infection caused by Corynebacterium minutissimum affecting the intertriginous areas of the toes, groins, and axillae, which mimics epidermal dermatophyte infections. Causes of

Erythema (air-uh-THEE-ma) infectiosum (in-fek-tee-OH-sum), also called Fifth disease, is an infection that mostly occurs in children. Erythema infectiosum (EI) is a childhood exanthem occurring with primary parvovirus B19 infection, characterized