Daily Archives: Thursday November 6th, 2014

Tinea Amiantacea: a less confusing term when put in a historical context

It comes from Latin: Tinea = insect (mite) The term tinea was used by our predecessors to name diseases of the scalp. One can imagine that certain conditions of the scalp had an appearance like being “eaten by mites”; that is probably what inspired them to use this term. Since Dr Alphonse Devergie (1798-1879), this…

Nevus spilus: why use such a term ?

Terminology Nevus comes from Latin and translated to: patch present at birth The Greek word of origin: σπιλος = spilos = dirt Translated together it means: dirty nevus Definition It is often understood that nevus spilus is a melanocytic nevus within another melanocytics nevus , or better melanocytic nevi inside another one. Nevus spilus is…