Disseminated cutaneous rhinosporidiosis: Varied morphological appearances on the skin (2009)
Kumari Rashmi, Nath Amiya, Rajalakshmi R, Adityan Balaji, Thappa Devinder
Rhinosporidiosis is a chronic granulomatous disorder caused by Rhinosporidium seeberi . It frequently involves the nasopharynx and occasionally affects the skin. We report a case of 45-year-old man...
Hypertrophic lichen planus as a presenting feature of human immunodeficiency virus infection (2009)
Kumari Rashmi, Singh Nidhi, Thappa Devinder
Lichen planus (LP) is a chronic papulosquamous dermatosis in which both skin and mucous membranes may be involved. To date, there have been only five reports of human immunodeficiency virus...
Malignant transformation of actinic keratoses to squamous cell carcinoma in an albino (2009)
Ramalingam Vijaya, Sinnakirouchenan Ramapriya, Thappa Devinder
A 25-year-old male, who was a known case of oculocutaneous albinism presented to us with right inguinal swellings of six months′ duration. He gave a preceding history of a similar lump in the...
Kaimal Sowmya, Thappa Devinder
Leprosy is unique in terms of the nature of the causative organism (Mycobacterium leprae), the chronicity of the disease, its prolonged treatment and the definitions of "cure" and "relapse." The...
Tumor d′emblee responding to methotrexate and prednisolone (2009)
Aghoram Rajeswari, Thappa Devinder, Kumari Rashmi, Negi V, Swaminathan R, Jayanthi S
Vaccines for human papillomavirus infection: A critical analysis (2009)
This article takes a critical look at the pros and cons of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines. There is enough evidence to suggest that the prophylactic vaccines are efficacious in preventing...
Profile of acne vulgaris-A hospital-based study from South India (2009)
Adityan Balaji, Thappa Devinder
Background: Acne vulgaris is believed to be the most common disease of the skin. There is no Indian study on the profile of acne vulgaris, markers of severe forms of acne vulgaris and a possible...
Granuloma multiforme: A report from India (2009)
Kumari Rashmi, Thappa Devinder, Chougule Abhijit, Adityan Balaji
Granuloma multiforme (GM) is a reactive skin disorder of unknown etiology, characterized clinically by confluent annular lesions and histologically by focal necrobiosis and histiocytic granulomas. GM...
Outcome of dexamethasone-cyclophosphamide pulse therapy in pemphigus: A case series (2009)
Kandan Sakthi, Thappa Devinder
Background: Pemphigus disorders are a group of serious and potentially life-threatening diseases affecting skin and/or mucus membranes. Dexamethasone−cyclophosphamide pulse (DCP) therapy has...
Cutaneous diphtheria masquerading as a sexually transmitted disease (2008)
Vetrichevvel T, Pise Gajanan, Agrawal Kishan, Thappa Devinder
A 41 year-old, sexually promiscuous, married male, an agricultural laborer by occupation, presented to our sexually transmitted diseases (STD) clinic with multiple ulcers over the scrotum and...
Sexual behavior of clinic attendees in a tertiary care hospital in Pondicherry (2008)
Singh Nidhi, Kaimal Sowmya, Thappa Devinder
The recent years have witnessed a renewed interest in human sexual behavior, partly because of the growing AIDS pandemic. We undertook a study of the pattern of sexual behavior among outpatients...
Patch testing in hand eczema at a tertiary care center (2008)
Laxmisha Chandrashekar, Kumar Senthil, Nath Amiya, Thappa Devinder
Study of role of streptococcal throat infection in pityriasis rosea (2008)
Parija Madhuri, Thappa Devinder
Background: Pityriasis rosea is a common, acute exanthem of uncertain etiology. The exact cause of pityriasis rosea is not known but various hypotheses have been postulated incriminating infective...
Penile papulonecrotic tuberculid: Revisited (2008)
Nath Amiya, Janakiraman Sakthi, Chougule Abhijit, Thappa Devinder
A clinical study of skin changes in pregnancy (2007)
Kumari Rashmi, Jaisankar T, Thappa Devinder
Background: During pregnancy profound immunologic, metabolic, endocrine and vascular changes occur, that are responsible for the changes of the skin and its appendages, both physiologic and...
Thappa Devinder, Kaimal Sowmya
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are more dynamic than other infections prevailing in the community. It is important that such dynamic epidemiological changes in STIs are acknowledged and kept...
Prostitution in India and its role in the spread of HIV infection (2007)
Thappa Devinder, Singh Nidhi, Kaimal Sowmya
Prostitution describes sexual intercourse in exchange for remuneration. The legal status of prostitution varies in different countries, from punishable by death to complete legality. The great degree...
A clinical study of vulval lichen sclerosus at a tertiary care hospital in South India (2007)
Singh Nidhi, Thappa Devinder, Jaisankar Telanseri, Habeebullah Syed
Lichen sclerosus (LS) is a chronic inflammatory dermatosis that causes substantial discomfort and morbidity, most commonly in adult women. The objective of our study is to study the pattern of vulval...
Agarwal Kishan, Thappa Devinder
A 30-year-old, previously healthy, nulliparous married woman presented with painful genital ulceration of 1 month duration. She was admitted with a diagnosis of chronic genital herpes with oral...
Vascular nevi in children (2006)
Senthilkumar M, Thappa Devinder
Background: Vascular nevi are cutaneous anomalies of angiogenesis and vasculogenesis resulting in various different clinical presentations. Aim: The purpose of our descriptive study was to observe...
Melanocytic nevi in children: A clinical study (2006)
Senthilkumar M, Thappa Devinder
BACKGROUND: Melanocytic nevi show different presentations in children which have not much studied in India. PURPOSES: To document the incidence and pattern of melanocytic nevi in children. ...
Kumari Rashmi, Thappa Devinder
A 23-year-old pregnant woman with an asymptomatic unilateral, bluish, pigmented lesion on her left periocular skin was referred from the obstetrics department for dermatological evaluation....
Subcorneal pustular dermatosis and thymoma: An association or a coincidence? (2006)
Agarwal Anuja, Shivaswamy K, Raja Barani, Thappa Devinder, Verma Surendra
A 36-year-old male came to us with a six months history of a generalized, itchy, pus-filled eruption and a change in voice of five months duration. Healthy looking male on cutaneous examination...
Shivaswamy K, Thappa Devinder, Jaisankar T, Sujatha S
BACKGROUND: In Asia, HSV seroprevalence studies are sparse and they have recorded lower prevalence of HSV infection, especially HSV-2. AIMS: To ascertain the seroprevalence of HSV-1 and HSV-2 in...
Reliable site for suction blister induction and harvesting (2005)
Laxmisha Chandrashekar, Thappa Devinder
Background: Suction blister grafting is a useful modality of treatment of patients with resistant and stable vitiligo. However, there have been no detailed studies to find out the best donor site for...
Unusual presentation of basal cell carcinoma on face (2005)
Jeevankumar B, Thappa Devinder
A 63-year-old woman presented with an asymptomatic slowly growing lesion on the nose of 5 years duration. On cutaneous examination, the nose and adjacent left cheek showed a single, large,...
Clinical and morphological characteristics of herpes zoster in south India (2005)
Dubey Anand, Jaisankar T, Thappa Devinder
One hundred and seven cases (6 children and 101 adults) of herpes zoster were recruited over a period of two years. The frequency of herpes zoster amongst skin OPD cases was found to be 0.34 per...
Immunomodulators in the treatment of psoriasis (2004)
Thappa Devinder, Laxmisha Chandrashekar
The efficacy of cyclosporine and related drugs in the treatment of psoriasis was the key to the development of the concept that psoriasis is an immune mediated disorder. These therapies demonstrably...
Pudukadan David, Thappa Devinder
Background: Adverse cutaneous drug reactions (ACDRs) are caused by a wide variety of agents. Aims: Our objective was to ascertain the clinical spectrum of ACDRs and the causative drugs in this part...
Clinical predictors of outcome in vitiligo (2002)
Dave Shriya, Thappa Devinder, DSouza Mariette
The significant inter-patient variability in progression, and response to therapy makes it a great challenge for the physician to predict the outcome of vitiligo at the very outset. Subjective...
Verrucous cutaneous lupus erythematosus (1995)
Thappa Devinder, Venkateswaran Sri, Reddy B, Garg B
An unusual case of cutaneous lupus erythematous with verrucous lesions is reported for its rarity and clinical interest.
Multiple dermatofibromas with unusual features (1995)
Thappa Devinder, Venkateswaran Sri, Garg Bhagat, Ratnakar C
A 51-year-old-male with multiple dermatofibromas over both elbows and feet is reported for its rarity and unusual features
Speckled lentiginous naevus (1995)
Thappa Devinder, Garg B, Bansal Deepa, Ratnakar C
20-year-old male had a spotted discoloured area around the nipple of right breast since early childhood. Histopathologically, it was diagnosed as speckled lentiginous naevus and is reported here for...