This content is machine translated Laser Congress SGML 2017 Laser therapy – a broad field that is developing rapidly At the annual congress of the Swiss Society for Medical Laser Applications, which took place as every year at the Hilton Airport Hotel Zurich, one could attend lectures on nevus…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Bullous autoimmune dermatoses When the skin and mucous membrane come off Bullous autoimmune dermatoses are a clinically and immunopathologically heterogeneous group of rare autoimmune diseases. In patients of older age with pruritus and bulging blisters, bullous pemphigoid is at the top…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Swiss Derma Day 2017 The fear of hair loss As every year, the Swiss Derma Day covered a broad spectrum of lectures in dermatology and venereology. We would like to introduce two presentations in more detail. On the one…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Dermatophytoses Update on clinic, epidemiology and diagnosis. Dermatophytes cause infections of the exposed skin, nails or hair. T. rubrum and T. interdigitale are the most common dermatophytes, are anthropophilic and causative agents of tinea pedis, nail mycoses…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Herpes simplex virus & Co. Common cutaneous diseases caused by viruses in family practice. Viral infections of the skin organ often show a pathognomic clinic as well as a characteristic course. This usually allows a rapid diagnostic classification and an immediate start of therapy.…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Genital precancerous lesions Human papillomaviruses as the most important risk factor In cases of chronic genital symptoms and exclusion of infectious causes, early biopsies should be taken to exclude genital precancerous lesions. Lichen sclerosus should be considered a facultative precancerous condition.…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Congenital gingival papules Whitish enoral nodules in an infant Case report: At the two-month check-up, a healthy female infant shows multiple small whitish nodules on the maxillary gingiva. The child was drinking well and did not appear to be…
View Post 11 min This content is machine translated Memories of an allergist Nocturnal asthma attacks instead of “dreamy and cozy sleep”. Case history: 28-year-old M. Janine, with no family or personal history of atopic disease, had been suffering from a persistent cough for several months, especially at night. Various therapy attempts…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Chemical peels “For deep peels, an anesthesiologist should stand by.” Hermann Keller, MD, was invited to speak at the 3rd Swiss Life Peeling Workshop and provided information on anesthesia for chemical peels. He showed the participants how to make the…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Chemical peels “The prerequisite for any treatment is diagnosis” On the occasion of the 3rd Swiss Life-Workshop Chemical Peeling, Oliver Ph. Kreyden, MD, summarized the most important points that determine the success of chemical peelings. As the initiator of…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated 25th EADV Congress in Vienna Progress in melanoma treatment: more success with combination therapies Just a few years ago, metastatic melanoma was rapidly fatal – but today the disease responds frequently and long-term to new drug therapies. Experts reported on advances in melanoma therapy…
