Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome in a Young African Soldier with Recurrent Syncope by Mohammed Abdullahi Talle, Faruk Buba, Aimé Bonny, Musa Mohammed Baba

“…We report a case of HCM and Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome in a 28-year-old male Nigerian soldier presenting with recurrent syncope and lichen planus.…”
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Cutaneous Effects of Notch Inhibitor Therapy: A Report of Two Cases by Claire J. Wiggins, Susan Y. Chon

“…Healthy skin differentiation and homeostasis are reliant on normal Notch expression, and disruption of this signaling has been implicated in dermatological conditions such as hidradenitis suppurativa, psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, and lichen planus. Here, we describe two cases of patients with cutaneous side effects from Notch inhibitor treatment for adenoid cyst carcinoma (ACC) and review the role of Notch signaling in skin disease. …”
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Localized Scleroderma Associated with Chronic Hepatitis C by Felipe Ladeira de Oliveira, Luisa Kelmer Côrtes de Barros Silveira, Maria Lourdes Candela Rambaldi, Fabio Cuiabano Barbosa

“…Hepatitis C virus has been associated with various skin conditions, such as porphyria cutanea tarda and lichen planus, as an example. The objective of this paper is based on the description of a case of localized morphea, which came years after the discovery of hepatitis C, as well as a discussion of possible relations between both diseases.…”
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Pemphigus Vulgaris Presented with Cheilitis by Zaheer Abbas, Zahra Safaie Naraghi, Elham Behrangi

“…We report a 41-year-old woman with dry crusted lesions only on the lower lip, clinically resembling actinic cheilitis and erosive lichen planus, but histopathological evaluation showed unexpected results of suprabasal acantholysis and cleft compatible with pemphigus vulgaris. …”
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Etude de l’alimentation du magot Macaca sylvanus dans le site touristique des cascades d’Ouzoud (Maroc) by Abderrazak El Alami, Abderrahman Chait

“…The natural food of this primate include leaves, fruits, roots, bark, seeds, acorns, herbs, animal prey, bryophytes and lichen. In Morocco, several groups of Barbary macaques live in tourist sites, where they are affected by the presence of visitors providing food to them. …”
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Extensive Spiculated Follicular Porokeratosis With Alopecia: A Case Report by Mitra Abdolvand, Roya Radanfar, Mozhdeh Sepaskhah, Fatemeh Sari Aslani, Mojgan Akbarzadeh Jahromi

“…The differential diagnoses were lichen planopilaris, papular eczema, and phrynoderma. …”
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Clinical Application of Development of Nonantibiotic Macrolides That Correct Inflammation-Driven Immune Dysfunction in Inflammatory Skin Diseases by Carmen Rodriguez-Cerdeira, Elena Sanchez-Blanco, Alberto Molares-Vila

“…There are new applications for these macrolides that have been available for several years and have been applied to skin and hair disorders such as atopic dermatitis, oral lichen planus, vitiligo, chronic autoimmune urticaria, rosacea, alopecia areata, pyoderma gangrenosum, Behcet’s disease, neutrophilic dermatosis, and lupus erythematosus. …”
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Cryoglobulinaemia in Egyptian Patients with Extrahepatic Cutaneous Manifestations of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection by Doaa Salah Hegab, Mohammed Abd El Rahman Sweilam

“…Twelve patients (10.169%) were positive for serum cryoglobulins (2 with pruritus, 4 with vasculitic lesions, 3 with livedo reticularis, one with oral lichen, one with chronic urticaria, and another with Schamberg’s disease). …”
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Obesity-related indices are associated with self-reported infertility in women: findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey by Hong Zhang, Minmin Yu, Li Li, Chen Chen, Qinyuan He

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Multidisciplinary Vulvar Cancer Management: The Dermatologist’s Perspective by Marta Cebolla-Verdugo, Victor Alfredo Cassini-Gómez de Cádiz, Juan Pablo Velasco-Amador, María Zulaika-Lloret, Francisco Manuel Almazán-Fernández, Ricardo Ruiz-Villaverde

“…This review highlights the dermatologist’s role in supporting early diagnosis, addressing predisposing conditions such as lichen sclerosus, and managing postoperative wound complications, including surgical site infections and dehiscence. …”
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Chemical profiling, in-vitro and in silico α-glucosidase inhibition, antioxidant and antibacterial activities of Hypotrachyna cirrhata (Fr.) Hale ex Sipman by Deepa Karki, Anuraj Phunyal, Tika Ram Lamichhane, Asmita Rayamajhi, Asmita Sapkota, Hari Nyaupane, Suraj Shrestha, Achyut Adhikari

“…Natural products are essential in drug development, with increasing interest in lichen-derived compounds for their therapeutic potential. …”
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Immunosuppression Induced by Chronic Inflammation and the Progression to Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Yujuan Sun, Nan Liu, Xiaobing Guan, Hongru Wu, Zheng Sun, Hui Zeng

“…The progression from premalignant lesions—oral leukoplakia (OLK) and oral lichen planus (OLP)—to OSCC involves complex inflammatory processes that have not been elucidated. …”
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Morphologic Features of Extrahepatic Manifestations of Hepatitis C Virus Infection by Huaibin M. Ko, Juan C. Hernandez-Prera, Hongfa Zhu, Steven H. Dikman, Harleen K. Sidhu, Stephen C. Ward, Swan N. Thung

“…Other HCV-associated entities include porphyria cutanea tarda, lichen planus, necrolytic acral erythema, membranous glomerulonephritis, diabetic nephropathy, B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas, insulin resistance, sialadenitis, sicca syndrome, and autoimmune thyroiditis. …”
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Possible Implication of Local Immune Response in Darier's Disease: An Immunohistochemical Characterization of Lesional Inflammatory Infiltrate by Clelia Miracco, Francesco Pietronudo, Vasileios Mourmouras, Michele Pellegrino, Monica Onorati, Maria Grazia Mastrogiulio, Luca Cantarini, Pietro Luzi

“…In this immunohistochemical study we characterized and quantified it, making comparisons with two other inflammatory skin disorders, that is, pemphigus vulgaris (PV) and lichen ruber planus (LRP), and with the normal skin (NSk). …”
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Validity and Advantages of Three-Dimensional High-Frequency Ultrasound in Dermatological Evaluation by Misaki Kinoshita-Ise, Taiichiro Ida, Tatsuro Iwasaki, Hideaki Iwazaki, Kazuyuki Yokota, Hoshito Taguchi, Manabu Ohyama

“…<b>Results:</b> Three-dimensional images were successfully obtained from skin tumors, including basal cell carcinoma, subungual squamous cell carcinoma, Bowen’s disease, and malignant melanoma, as well as inflammatory hair loss diseases including alopecia areata in different disease phases and lichen planopilaris. Vertical and horizontal images were generated from the original 3D image data and assessed in comparison with histopathological and/or dermoscopic images. …”
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Vulvar Metastasis in Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report Highlighting the Aggressive Nature of Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma by Andreea Boiangiu, Ana-Maria Cioca, Gabriel-Petre Gorecki, Romina-Marina Sima, Liana Pleș, Marius-Bogdan Novac, Ionut-Simion Coman, Valentin-Titus Grigorean, Vasile Lungu, Mihai-Teodor Georgescu, George-Alexandru Filipescu

“…The development of this condition can be associated with either dysplasia linked to human papillomavirus (HPV), primarily affecting younger women, or vulvar dermatoses such as lichen sclerosus, which predominantly affect older women. …”
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Visual Gradation of Biological Soil Crust Development: A Simple and Effective Recording Method by Xinyu Zhang, Ping He, Jie Xu

“…Future research should focus on expanding the grading method to include lichen crust, refining it across diverse ecosystems, and exploring the integration of advanced technologies such as hyperspectral imaging and machine learning to automate and improve the classification process. …”
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Dermoscopy of Vitiligo and Other Hypopigmented Skin Lesions in Indian Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study by Ananya Sharma, Binod Khaitan, Vishal Gupta, M Ramam, Kanika Sahni

“…Methods: A cross-sectional study including 105 vitiligo and 137 other hypopigmented skin lesions, including ash-leaf macules (n=17), nevus depigmentosus (n=16), post-inflammatory hypopigmentation (n=16), pityriasis alba (n=15), pityriasis versicolor (n=14), idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis (IGH) (n=14), lichen sclerosus (n=12), leprosy (n=9) and others. …”
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Biopsy of Different Oral Soft Tissues Lesions by KTP and Diode Laser: Histological Evaluation by Umberto Romeo, Claudia Russo, Gaspare Palaia, Rossella Lo Giudice, Alessandro Del Vecchio, Paolo Visca, Guido Migliau, Alberto De Biase

“…However, it is suggested to enlarge biopsies of about 0.5 mm, to avoid thermal alterations, especially in inflammatory lesions like oral lichen planus.…”
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Hepatitis C Infection and Periodontal Disease: Is there a Common Immunological Link? by Dorin Nicolae Gheorghe, Liliana Foia, Vasilica Toma, Amelia Surdu, Elena Herascu, Dora Maria Popescu, Petra Surlin, Cristin Constantin Vere, Ion Rogoveanu

“…HCV infection can determine direct extrahepatic manifestations at the oral and periodontal level including oral lichen planus, Sjögren-like sialadenitis, and oral cancer. …”
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