Venereophobia - A comprehensive review.

Venereophobia, even though a historically well-recognized entity, is often underdiagnosed in the modern era. Like any phobia, this condition presents with an intense and irrational fear of contracting a sexually transmitted infection (STI) often following a high-risk sexual encounter. Accurate prevalence data were lacking globally.

Trichoscopic Diagnosis and Management of a Case of Scalp Dysesthesia with Lichen Simplex Chronicus.

Scalp dysesthesia (SD), a variant of cutaneous dysesthesia syndrome is an underrecognized cause of scalp pruritus. It usually presents with itch, pain, burning, or stinging sensation over localized or diffuse area of the scalp without any objective findings. Trichoscopy, a rapid and in-office procedure, could aid in the early clinical diagnosis of this condition and initiate management.

Disseminated histoplasmosis as a presenting manifestation in an HIV patient - A case report from South India.

Histoplasmosis has heterogenous clinical presentation ranging from mild and self-limiting respiratory disease to disseminated forms with high mortality. In progressive disseminated histoplasmosis (PDH), patient presents with fever, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, adrenal enlargement, hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and non-specific mucocutaneous lesions, usually in late stage of HIV. Cutaneous involvement is upto 25% in PDH which are papules, plaques, nodules and ulcers.