The prevalence of various skin lesions in a tertiary care center
Journal Title: MedPulse -International Medical Journal - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 4
Abstract
Aims: The study was conducted to know the prevalence of various skin lesions in and around our hospital attending the outpatient department of dermatology over a period of three years from Jan 2014-Dec2016. The diagnosis was based on the clinical presentation of the patient and the biopsy report. Materials and Methods: A total of 216 cases of skin lesions over three years were taken for the study. Diagnosis was confirmed by histopathological examination with haematoxylin and eosin stain. Results: Out of 216 cases, 63 (29.17%) cases were neoplastic and 153 (70.83%) cases were non neoplastic. Among the non neoplastic lesions 45(29.41%) were reported under the category of non-infectious erythematous, papulo, squamous diseases, 34(22.22%) cases of infectious etiology, 30(19.61%) cases of non infectious vesiculobullous and vesiculopustular diseases, 10 (6.54%) cases of connective tissue disorders, 9(5.88%) cases of vasculitis, 7(4.58%) cases of dermatitis, 6(3.92%) cases of inflammatory diseases of subcutaneous fat.12(7.84%)cases were to be correlated clinically and was classified under miscellaneous category. Conclusion: Among the non neoplastic skin lesions, non-infectious erythematous, papulo,squamous lesions were frequently seen in our region with lichen planus being the most common lesion. Predominantely males were more affected with skin lesions in our study.
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Sridevi V, Sarah Grace Priyadarshini, Ezhilvizhi A, C S Vijayalakshmi
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