We report four cases of chronic obscure pain in the finger tips. High-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (HR-MRI) findings helped diagnose the existence of a mass at the subungual area and all patients were treated with excision and biopsy. The pathological diagnosis was glomus tumor. HR-MRI is useful in the diagnosis of patients with subungual glomus tumor. (+info)
Coexistence of prostate cancer, gynecomastia, renal failure, melanonychia, and wrist lump.
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Although prostate cancer is among the most frequent malignancies in the elderly, this tumor may be under-reported, and it seems that its socioeconomic burden is not well-estimated. Chronic urinary obstruction caused by the cancer may cause renal failure, with hemorrhagic tendency, neurologic disturbances, cutaneous disorders, and diverse fingernail changes. Black or brown nail pigmentation has been associated with benign and malignant conditions, including antineoplastic drugs' side effects, subungual metastases, and melanoma. Metastasis of fingernail melanoma can affect lymph nodes from the wrist to elbow and axillary regions. Coexistent melanonychia and wrist lump, mimicking melanoma with sentinel lymph node is reported. It is recommended to consider the differential diagnosis of nail changes due to chronic renal failure. (+info)
Nail changes in kidney transplant recipients.
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Dermatological conditions presenting at an emergency department in Singapore.
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INTRODUCTION: In Singapore, a significant proportion of patients receive specialist dermatological services via referrals from points of primary care, such as polyclinics and emergency departments (ED). The study hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, is an acute care general hospital with a large catchment area, and has the busiest ED in Singapore. The aim of this paper was to describe the types of dermatological conditions presented at the ED in the year 2007. This information is useful for the future education of junior doctors working in the department, as well as for the allocation of future resources in the treatment of the more common conditions. METHODS: The ED patient database was searched for all dermatological conditions by ICD-9 code and by keywords in the diagnosis description. The two lists were merged and duplications were eliminated. The consultation notes of the patients were reviewed in cases where the diagnosis was ambiguous. Patient demographics were then filtered and analysed. RESULTS: A total of 4,061 patients were seen in the ED with a primary dermatological complaint, out of a total of 157,527 attendances in 2007. The commonest conditions seen were chickenpox and herpes zoster (20.8 percent). Dermatitis/eczema (11.6 percent) and urticaria (11.4 percent), nail conditions including trauma and infections (10.2 percent) and drug rashes (9.7 percent) were also common. Venereal diseases (1 percent) were uncommonly seen in the ED. Interestingly, men (65.3 percent) were seen in the ED for dermatological conditions twice as often as women (34.7 percent). CONCLUSION: The recognition and management of the common conditions should be core modules in the training of doctors and nurses. (+info)
Effectiveness of adalimumab in treating patients with active psoriatic arthritis and predictors of good clinical responses for arthritis, skin and nail lesions.
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