Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A healthy, 19-year-old noticed some pruritic, somewhat raised erythematous lesions on her left forearm (Figure 1 ...

The three types of skin cancer are basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and melanoma. Here's how to identify their ...

Erysipelas is a common bacterial infection of the skin. It affects the upper dermis (upper layer of the skin) and the lymphatic vessels within the skin. The condition begins with the breaking of the ...

Mar. 23 -- FRIDAY, Jan. 18 (HealthDay News) -- A molecule may play a major role in the development of psoriasis, offering a new way to treat this chronic skin disease, a study finds. A team at Wyeth ...

Once the diagnosis is established and the staging evaluation completed (see Table 1), therapy can be determined. Appropriate therapy depends upon a variety of factors, including stage (see Table 2), ...

Psoriasis, which is a chronic disease characterized by the development of red, scaly, raised skin lesions, affects approximately 2% of the population of countries of the Western world. A new study by ...

Psoriasis is an autoimmune condition that can turn your skin red, and leave you with raised skin lesions, itching and burning ...

Vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN) is a precancerous condition. If a person does not receive treatment for VIN, they may have an increased risk of developing vulvar cancer. Most people with VIN do ...

Dermatology Nursing. 2006;18(6):566-575. IA: <10% body surface area involved, flat or slightly raised skin lesions; no skin tumors, no lymph nodes or visceral involvement IB: >10% body surface area ...