Background: H syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive, multisystem non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis associated with biallelic pathogenic variants in SLC29A3. Published data from North Africa remain limited, and phenotypic variability may complicate clinical recognition. Case Pres...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrdes/2026/v9i1165
Background: Bullous erythema multiforme (EM) major is an uncommon mucocutaneous disorder, and its association with Parvovirus B19 is exceptionally rare. This report describes an immunocompetent adult with Parvovirus B19 DNA detected locally in blister fluid after common infectiou...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrdes/2026/v9i1163
Introduction: Eosinophils, play major roles in the pathogenesis of various dermatoses (atopic dermatitis, bullous pemphigoid, drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS)…). Hypereosinophilia in pemphigus has not been well documented in the literature, hence we i...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrdes/2024/v7i1104
Introduction: Pemphigus is a group rare heterogeneous of intraepidermal autoimmune chronic bullous dermatoses associated with a high risk of morbidity and mortality. Despite its rarity, this condition persists as the most prevalent among bullous dermatoses in the Maghreb, includi...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrdes/2024/v7i1101
Introduction: Psoriasis is an immune cell-mediated inflammatory skin disease, characterized by the formation of scaly, indurated, erythematous plaques. Psoriasis comorbidities and symptoms affect the choice of treatments. Secukinumab is a fully human monoclonal anti-body that sel...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrdes/2024/v7i1100
Introduction: Dermatological emergency is defined as any acute dermatological disorder that develops and worsens in less than 5 days. Aims of Study: The aim of our study is to identify the main dermatological emergencies consultations, establish a demographic and clinical profil...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrdes/2024/v7i199
Aims: Folliculotropic mycosis fungoides (FMF) is an uncommon variant of mycosis fungoides, rarely described in children. This type of lymphoma is particularly unresponsive to treatment and has a poor prognosis. Paradoxically, it can be clinically confused with conditions as benig...
Aims: To describe a rare case of paraneoplastic pemphigus (PNP) occurring in a patient with synchronous pulmonary and gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma and to summarise the diagnostic and therapeutic considerations documented in this case. Presentation of...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrdes/2026/v9i1166
Background: Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) and psoriasis are chronic inflammatory diseases that may coexist and share IL-17–mediated pathogenic pathways. Secukinumab, an anti–IL-17A monoclonal antibody, is effective in psoriasis and has shown promise in HS. Case report: We report...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrdes/2025/v8i1134
Pressure alopecia is a rare and often underrecognized form of hair loss caused by prolonged ischemia of the scalp. Frequently misdiagnosed, it requires a high index of suspicion and a careful clinical and dermoscopic assessment. Trichoscopy plays a pivotal role in its diagnosis....
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Research Article10.9734/ajrdes/2025/v8i1133
Background: Generalized Bullous Fixed Drug Eruption (GBFDE) is a severe cutaneous adverse drug reaction that can mimic toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN). Its prompt recognition is crucial to prevent severe complications and recurrence upon drug re-exposure. Case Report: We report...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrdes/2025/v8i1123
Overlap syndrome is diagnosed when at least two classical connective tissue diseases are observed in one patient, which develops simultaneously or sequentially. Sclerodermatomyositis (SDM) is one of the overlapping syndromes, defined by the association of dermatomyositis and scle...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrdes/2024/v7i1106
Capillary malformation and Bowen's disease (BD) or intraepidermal squamous cell carcinoma are two different entities whether clinically, histologically or prognostically. Bowen’s disease or squamous cell carcinoma in situ is a precursor malignant neoplasm restricted to the epider...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrdes/2024/v7i1102
Introduction: Psoriasis, a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease, is recognized as a systemic inflammatory disease with cutaneous and extracutaneous manifestations, often associated with multiple comorbidities. Our study aims to identify the various comorbidities associated wit...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrdes/2024/v7i1105
Background: Desmoplastic trichoepithelioma (DTE) is a rare, benign adnexal tumor derived from follicular germinative cells. It predominantly affects young females and commonly presents on the face as annular plaques or papules with a depressed center. The tumor poses diagnostic c...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrdes/2025/v8i1135
The teeth, skin, hair, nails and eccrine and sebaceous glands which are tissues ectodermally or mesodermally derived can be affected by rare disorders called ectodermal dysplasias. The most common type of ectodermal dysplasias is known as Christ-Siemens-Touraine syndrome or anhid...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrdes/2025/v8i1120
Introduction: folliculitis decalvans (FD) and lichen planopilaris (LPP) are two primary cicatricial alopecias (neutrophilic and "lymphocytic," respectively) recently associated in a phenotypic spectrum. The "folliculitis decalvans and lichen planopilaris" phenotypic spectrum FDLP...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrdes/2024/v7i1103
Marwa Asermouh, Chaimae Ait Khabba, Sektaoui Soukaina, Sabrine Derqaoui, Znati Kaoutar, Mariame Meziane, Nadia Ismaili, Laila Benzekri & Karima Senouci·Asian Journal of Research in Dermatological Science·2023
Aims: The reported association of Plummer-Vinson syndrome and some autoimmune diseases, including pemphigus -association described for the first time-, raises the hypothesis of the autoimmune origin of this syndrome. On the other hand, this unexpected association represents a the...
Aims: Solitary nodular calcinosis of Winer is a rare and benign form of localized idiopathic cutaneous calcinosis. Its dermoscopic features may be useful for early diagnosis, but have never been described in the literature to our knowledge. Case Report: A 5-year-old child present...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v12i1231
Chourouq Mustapha Eid, Fatima Ezzahraa Sassine, Manal El Beyeg, Taha Yassine Aaboudech, Kaoutar Znati, Narjess Er-rachdy, Laila Benzekri & Mariame Meziane·Asian Journal of Research in Dermatological Science·2026
Aims: To report a case of Hailey-Hailey disease identified with the aid of dermoscopy in a woman with a darker skin phototype whose chronic flexural intertrigo had repeatedly been misdiagnosed and treated as a fungal infection, and to highlight dermoscopic features that may reduc...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrdes/2026/v9i1173
Chourouq Mustapha Eid, Fatima Ezzahraa Sassine, Taha Yassine Aaboudech, Kaoutar Znati, Sarah LOUBARIS, Hafsa Riache, Latifa Chat, Laila Benzekri & Mariame Meziane·Asian Journal of Research in Dermatological Science·2026
Aims: To report an exceptional case of scalp sarcoidosis revealing systemic sarcoidosis and to underline the contribution of trichoscopy to the diagnosis. Presentation of Case: A 50-year-old Moroccan woman with multinodular goitre presented with a chronic, non-pruritic, painless...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrdes/2026/v9i1172