Atrophie blanche=الضمور الابيض Small smooth ivory-white areas on the skin with hyperpigmented borders and telangiectasis, developing into atrophic stellate scars; seen especially on the legs and ankles of middle-aged women, and associated with livedo reticularis and dermal hyalinizing vasculitis.
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Atrophoderma=ضمور الجلد the wasting away or decrease in thickness of the skin. The atrophy may affect the entire body surface or only localized areas. The condition is often associated with aging and may occur as a primary or secondary symptom of various diseases
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Atrophoderma of pasini and pierini=ضمور الجلد لباسيني وبيريني EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS Idiopathic atrophoderma of Pasini and Pierini is a form of dermal atrophy that presents as one or several sharply demarcated depressed patches with no outpouching, usually on the back of adolescents or young adults. Whether atrophoderma is a nonsclerotic, primarily atrophic variant of morphea or a separate distinct entity is still debated. Its relationship to morphea is favored […]
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Atrophodermia vermiculata= ضمور الجلد المتمعج Atrophoderma vermiculatum is a term that applies when the lesions are found exclusively on the cheeks. It is a condition that can either occur sporadically, be inherited as an autosomal dominant disorder, be part of a group of related diseases including keratosis pilaris atrophicans, or be associated with various syndromes. Multiple inflammatory symmetric papules on the cheeks, presumably […]
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Atypical fibroxanthoma =صفروم ليفي غير نموذجي Epidemiology Atypical fibroxanthoma (AFX) is a relatively common rapidly growing neoplasm of intermediate malignant potential. It occurs mainly on sun-exposed skin (face, neck, and hands) of elderly individuals. The male-to-female ratio is essentially equal. AFX has been reported in the second to tenth decade, with a mean age of approximately 69 […]
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Atypical moles=شامات لا نموذجية Atypical moles In 1820, Norris proposed an association between nevi and melanoma. He described a family in which 2 members developed melanoma, while other family members had “many moles on various parts of their bodies.” However, the exact appearance of these lesions is unknown. In 1974, Munro1 described an association of lesions […]
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Atypical mycobacteria=المتفطرات اللانموذجية Atypical mycobacteria Investigators have defined 30 facultative saprophytes and entities that are acid-fast mycobacteria but do not cause tuberculosis or leprosy. These mycobacteria or atypical mycobacteria exist in almost all habitats. The most common infection is the so-called case of fish tank granuloma, which is caused by Mycobacterium marinum. Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare is the most common […]
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Atypical nevus = وحمة لا نموذجية Atypical nevus Atypical moles” also referred to as Clark’s nevi or dysplastic nevi are moles that are considered to be precancerous or more likely to turn into melanoma than regular moles. When looking at an atypical mole on the skin, one will see some of the features that one […]
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Autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura = الفرفرية بنقص الصفيحات المناعي الذاتي Autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), also known as primary immune thrombocytopenic purpura and autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura, is defined as isolated thrombocytopenia with normal bone marrow and the absence of other causes of thrombocytopenia. The 2 distinct clinical syndromes manifest as an acute condition in […]
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Axillary granular parakeratosis- نظير التقرن الحبيبي في الابط Axillary granular parakeratosis Granular parakeratosis, a benign condition, was first described in 1991 as a skin disease manifesting with erythematous hyperpigmented and hyperkeratotic papules and plaques of the cutaneous folds.1 Granular parakeratosis is sometimes associated with pruritus. Granular parakeratosis has been associated with excessive use of topical preparations, […]
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