18 – Metabolic and storage diseases

TL;DR: The stratum corneum or horny layer is the uppermost layer of the epidermis, and is mainly responsible for the skin's barrier function, and its features accessible on conventional histology are relatively limited.

TL;DR: The ultrastructure of the salivary glands of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus females is described during feeding, which points to apoptosis in these organs before the detachment from the host, in contrast to others tick species.

TL;DR: In this chapter, an attempt is made to examine the wide ­spectrum of cutaneous manifestations related to internal malignancies and the most important paraneoplastic syndromes.

TL;DR: The history of dermatology in internal medicine and its role in modern medicine is summarized in the book Dermatology and its applications: Foundations of Medicine, 2nd Ed.

TL;DR: The fact that the patient's blood inhibited normal alpha-galactosidase activity was of interest, suggesting a possible inhibitor-related mechanism in the pathogenesis of the recurrence of Fabry's disease.

TL;DR: This study shows that there does not seem to be an increased prevalence of dermatophytosis in diabetic patients as compared with a control, nondiabetic patient.

TL;DR: Bullae develop characteristically on the dorsal aspects of the feet and on the lower legs, but also elsewhere, in patients taking the drug who are exposed to a high level of ambient sunlight in patients with a bullous photodermatitis from nalidixic acid.

TL;DR: Study of patients with glucagonoma does suggest that glucagon has some role in the etiology of hyperglycemia in diabetic states; however, as in studies on diabetes, investigations on glucoseagonoma do not demonstrate that glucagons has a primary role in producing severe glucose intolerance.