Introduction: Skin disorders are the most common health problems among all age group people. Skin disorders may cause emotional and psychological stress for family members but certain factors which predisposes to skin problems include personal hygiene,type of washing technique ,...
We report the case of two patients who consulted because of yellowing and thickening of their toe nails, with several relapses throughout time. Hand nails were unaffected. Both patients presented negative potassium hydroxide test and fungus culture, which excluded a diagnosis of...
Background: Male Androgenetic Alopecia is a common hair loss disorder that increases with age. The cornerstones of medical management are minoxidil and finasteride.No treatment is completely satisfactory. Aims and Objectives: This study compared Topical Minoxidil 5%+Finasteride...
Background: The recently updated dosing recommendation for adalimumab for psoriasis states that patients with inadequate response to adalimumab every other week (EOW) after 16 weeks may benefit from an increase in dosing frequency to 40 mg every week (EW). Objectives: This study...
Aims: To highlight signs and symptoms of suspected spider bites and to evaluate local and systemic manifestations to suspect the more prevalent type of spider bites if Loxoscelism or Latrodectism, also to widen knowledge of physicians about not well known disease in Libya. Study...
Background: A lot has been written on post adolescent acne and its effect on quality of life in women but not in men. The differences if any between post adolescent acne in men and women is not known. The aim of this study is to compare the clinical features and quality of life a...
Background: Documentations on pattern of acne and quality of life are mostly in adolescents and adult females. Female acne is said to be different from adolescent acne. It is not known if male acne is different. The aim of this study was to document the pattern of male acne vulga...
Background: Clinical diagnosis of several skin diseases is mostly supported by skin biopsies, a follow up on the clinicopathological correlation to improve the accuracy in diagnosing skin diseases. Aims: The aim of this study is to correlate the clinical diagnosis with histopatho...
This is the second part of the article, titled "looking beyond the cutaneous manifestations of Covid 19 Part 1: The Clinical Spectrum – A Review”, which is exclusively relegated to the pathology and pathogenesis aspects. The cutaneous manifestations of Covid 19 are classified int...
Background: Psoriasis is a chronic, life-long inflammatory disorder that primarily affects the skin. The etiopathogenesis of psoriasis remains elusive. The activation of the NF-ҡB/Rel transcription family, by nuclear translocation of cytoplasmic complexes, plays a critical role i...