Background: Location of the tumour is a well-known prognostic factor for recurrence of basal cell carcinoma (BCC). We have observed that tumours located in the nasolabial fold may deserve a particular attention. Objec...
Seventeen solitary nasal tumors that fulfilled all diagnostic criteria of so-called neurofollicular hamartoma, apart from distinct S100-positivity,were compared histopathologically and immunohistochemically with seven...
Cutaneous leishmaniasis is a protozoan disease that has high morbidity. There have been increasing reports of leishmaniasis in patients with an underlying immunosuppressed state. We present two cases of cutaneous leis...
Background: Because of their clinical similarities, pigmented basal cell carcinomas (BCCs) can be confused with melanocytic pigmented lesions especially with melanoma. Since special dermoscopic features have been desc...
Fip1-like 1/platelet-derived growth factor receptor-α(FIP1L1/PDGFRA)-positive hypereosinophilic syndrome is a rare disorder with a poor prognosis if untreated and for which treatment with imatinib mesilate is highly ...
Genital diseases include a wide range of lesions e.g. infectious and inflammatory. In most cases a clinical diagnosis is reached without the need for a biopsy. Nonetheless, a genital biopsy is safe and may help to con...
Twenty-eight rural women of the Niger Delta were infected with the human warble fly (Tumbu fly) larva, Cordylobia anthropophaga, and of the women examined, 22 (78.5%) were nursing-mothers. Among the percentage of wome...
Demodecidosis is an ecto parasitosis that is infrequently observed in subjects with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. It has a rosacea-like presentation. We present three cases in patients with acquired im...
Fixed drug eruption (FDE) causes cosmetic embarrassment in Nigerian patients, particularly when the characteristic hyperpigmented patches affect the face and lips. Drugs that have been implicated in the etiology of FD...
Background: Urticarial vasculitis is a small-vessel vasculitis, presenting clinically as persistent urticarial skin lesions and microscopically as leucocytoclastic vasculitis. Hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis ...