This content is machine translated 4th Zurich Dermatology Training Days Regional dermatoses under the microscope At the Dermatological Training Days in Zurich, various regional dermatoses were presented on the basis of case histories: How do dermatoses of the ear, diseases of the mucous membranes and…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Unknown recurrent anaphylaxis Conversation in private led to surprising diagnosis Daniela, who is not yet sixteen and lives in Ticino, suffered from allergic bronchial asthma as a child. Recently, acute attacks of generalized urticaria with Quincke’s edema of the eyelids…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Pathological scars - pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment “There are no quick therapy successes in the treatment of scars” Severin Läuchli, MD, senior physician and head of dermatosurgery at the Dermatology Clinic at the USZ, discussed the development and therapy of pathological scars with DERMATOLOGIE PRAXIS. From a broad…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Aesthetic treatment of the back of the hand When hands still spoke the truth The hands reveal the true age – so they say. In fact, they usually show the most pronounced symptoms of so-called extrinsic skin aging, also called photoaging. Consistent sun protection…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Hairless area in a ten year old girl Temporal alopecia areata? Case report: At the age of two years the parents of the now ten-year-old girl noticed for the first time a hairless area temporally on the left side. At the…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) A disease in upheaval COPD is considered a preventable and treatable disease, but this is only partially true. Cigarette smoking is the most commonly identified and preventable risk factor in this country – but…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Dyspnea Important questions, dangerous traps, special facets “Try to relax and breathe calmly. Very calmly. If you now find breathing uncomfortable, you have already experienced the problem of dyspnea” – in this or a similar way, the…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Pneumology Do not jump to conclusions, but make an accurate diagnosis Dear colleagues, can you imagine that in an emergency department, when a heart attack is suspected, a registration to the cath lab is made without an ECG being derived beforehand?…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Cutaneous Vasculitis - Overview for Practice Cutaneous Vasculitis – Overview for Practice Vasculitides are a very heterogeneous group of diseases, which can occur in all age groups. In principle, these are inflammatory processes in the vessel walls with subsequent tissue damage. The…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Autoimmune bullous dermatoses Autoantibodies attack skin integrity Bullous autoimmune dermatoses represent a heterogeneous group of rare, sometimes severe autoimmune diseases, which include pemphigus and pemphigoid disorders, epidermolysis bullosa acquisita, and dermatitis herpetiformis Duhring. A common feature of…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Autoimmune bullous dermatoses and cutaneous vasculitides How can the manifestations be correctly diagnosed and treated? Almost daily we are confronted with complex autoimmune diseases of the skin in dermatological practice. These include autoimmune bullous dermatoses and cutaneous vasculitides, which are discussed in more detail in…
