Abstracts

Pleural disease is an increasingly common presentation and it has been estimated that up to 15% of patients have a metastatic pleural effusion at…

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations are major contributors to the burden of the disease, reducing patients’ quality of life…

Adherence to treatment is essential in chronic diseases, especially in chronic obstructive lung diseases (COLD). Poor adherence to the treatment regimen…

The differential diagnosis of pigmented macules on sun-damaged facial skin is one of the most challenging procedures in daily dermatological practice.

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a common chronic inflammatory skin disease, with the average prevalence ranging from 2.1–4.9% in the general population.

Acrokeratosis paraneoplastica (Bazex syndrome) is a paraneoplastic skin condition that can be found in the context of various internal malignancies…

Polymorphic eruption of pregnancy (PEP), also known as pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy, is a self-limiting inflammatory dermatosis…

Alopecia areata (AA) is a condition that causes non-scarring hair loss; the estimated lifetime risk of developing the disorder is 1.7% but the aetiology…