The diabetic foot: general considerations

Mar 7, 2014 | Articles, Dermatological disorders, Diabetic foot, Pathology

When we speak about the diabetic foot we are referring to a summary of pathologies which have an impact on the foot as a result of the Diabetes Mellitus which the patient suffers. Diabetes is a chronic disease which affects to a vast number of people causing them a...

Elephantiasis or Chronic lymphatic filariasis

Mar 7, 2014 | Articles, Dermatological disorders, Pathology

Elephantiasis is a syndrome mainly caused by hypertrophy of the lower extremities and external genitalia. It has its etiology in repetitive inflammatory diseases with obstruction of the lymphatic vessels and very specifically in filarial parasitic infections....

Psoriasis: a chronic skin disease

Mar 7, 2014 | Articles, Dermatological disorders, Pathology

Psoriasis is a chronic, genetic based, inflammatory disease that affects the skin causing swelling and flaking skin. It is not contagious but it can be inherited. Clinical history is highly diverse, with different degrees of evolution. It affects 2% of the world’s...

Malignant tumors in foot

Mar 5, 2014 | Articles, Dermatological disorders, Pathology

The term “Tumor” has a general meaning which is an alteration of the volume or an abnormal growth that causes a distention of one part of the organism. If the tumor is malignant it can infiltrate or invade other adjoining tissues as well as spreading quickly to other...