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Goltz-Gorlin syndrome: Is it one or 2 syndromes ?
Tuesday, November 4th, 2014What syndrome is it and who is the author ? The authors are two physicians with the same first name. Dr Robert Gorlin (1923-2006) was initially a dentist and was interested in oral diseases. He joined the Minnesota school of dentistry as a stomatologist (histology and oral pathology). When he observed a female patient with […]
Leukotrichia: what the word means
Tuesday, November 4th, 2014This term comes from 2 Greek words : λευκóς= leukos = white θρίξ = trix = hair The term is less and less used nowadays. It is not found in recent dermatological textbooks. Leukotrichia means having white hair. Nevertheless, it does NOT give any precision whether this white hair is pathological or normal (a sign […]
Donovanosis – the other name for Granuloma Inguinale
Tuesday, November 4th, 2014In the ancient classification (now obsolete), donovanosis was listed as the 5th venereal disease. In dermatology textbooks, it is known as Granuloma Inguinale ou venereal granuloma. As this infection is quite rare in Western Europe and that names are quite similar, medical students tend to find it difficult to make the difference with lymphogranuloma venereum […]
Favus: a fungal affection which disappeared ?
Monday, November 3rd, 2014The term comes originally from Latin: Favus = honeycomb When one looks at a famous picture in Dr Hebra’s textbook, one understands the comparison of the term with ease. The fungus causing the affection is called Trichophyton schönleinii, which refers to Dr Johann Lucas Schönlein (1793-1864) who worked at la Charité hospital in Berlin, Germany. […]
Pretibial Myxedema / Pretibial Mucinosis: where do the words come from ?
Monday, November 3rd, 2014The Greek and Latin words of origin are: μυξοσ = muxos = mucosité – latin : mucos οιδεμα = oidema = swelling The first term in Greek is not universally used anymore. The latin translation of the Greek word is “mucos”. The terms translated into Latin from Greek are sometimes confusing: it is probably the […]
Keratosis follicularis: who was Darier ?
Monday, November 3rd, 2014Dr Ferdinand Jean Darier (1856-1938) was born in Budapest, Hungary. He studied medicine in Geneva, Switzerland and Paris. He worked with Drs Ernest Besnier et Alfred Fournier and sub-specialized in dermatopathology. Darier is considered as the father of modern dermatology in France and wrote a dermatology textbook “Précis de Dermatologie” (edited 4 times). He also […]
Bubo (inflammed lymph node): remembering the plague
Monday, November 3rd, 2014The term comes from Greek: βoυβớν = boubon = swelling of the inguinal glande In other words it is an adenopathy of inguinal lymph mode – also called bubon. Today the term is less and less used probably because Hippocrates (of Kos) described it for thé plague, which was prevalent in Ancient Times. The bubo […]
Adenoma Sebaceum in Tuberous Sclerosis: A misnomer !
Monday, November 3rd, 2014Adenoma Sebaceum refers to lesions on the face described in 1890 by the British dermatologist Dr John James Pringle (1855-1922). Adenoma Sebaceum is a misnomer, the lesions are actually angiofibromas – which is closer to Koenen’s tumors which are peringual fibromas. The facial lesions are neither adenomas, nor sebaceous in origin. Multiple “real” sebacous adenomas […]
Drug Eruptions in the Skin (toxiderma) (For Professionals)
Saturday, November 1st, 2014Drug Eruptions in the Skin (toxiderma) (For Professionals) Our skin reflects our health. Do you know that our skin also reacts to the drugs that we use? A drug reaction may mimic any type of skin disease and may present with rashes, swelling, redness, itching and pain. They can be bullous, pustular, urticarial or papulosquamous. […]
Topical steroids in dermatology: the story behind it
Wednesday, October 29th, 2014The use of steroids in dermatology was initiated by two American New-York based dermatologists: Marion Sulzberger and Victor Witten. Topical steroids: early topical preparations containing cortisone acetate were surprisingly ineffective HYDROcortisone acetate was made available (“Compound F” by Merck): It was combined 25mg/g with an ointment base…and became moderately effective initially for Atopic Dermatitis. Results […]
