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Juvenile Plantar Dermatosis. A disappearing disease?

Ivan Bristow

Dec 38 min read

Juvenile Plantar Dermatosis. A disappearing disease?

Juvenile Plantar Dermatosis is an uncommon skin condition affecting the soles of the feet of children. Is it disappearing?

A foreign body in the foot - an unexpected journey

Ivan Bristow

Aug 63 min read

A foreign body in the foot - an unexpected journey

Foreign bodies in the foot are common. This one, made an unexpected journey from the plantar surface to the dorsum in 6 months!

Ivan Bristow

Jul 42 min read

For your eyes only, James Bond!

James Bond, a classic movie franchise, but does its depiction of villains, frequently with skin issues have an unwanted message?

Ivan Bristow

May 133 min read

May is melanoma awareness month!

May is melanoma month. In this blog are links to my published papers on melanoma and the foot.

Ivan Bristow

Apr 303 min read

What are freckles?

Freckles are common on fair skin, but are they? This blog investigates!

A review of the new HEINE DELTA 30 PRO Dermatoscope

Ivan Bristow

Dec 19, 20234 min read

A review of the new HEINE DELTA 30 PRO Dermatoscope

I have covered dermoscopy as a topic for many years on my blog. Three and a half years ago, I reviewed Heine’s Delta 30 dermatoscope and...

Amelanotic melanoma on the sole of the foot

Matthew Bland

Nov 28, 20233 min read

Amelanotic melanoma on the sole of the foot

A case of amelanotic melanoma occurring on the foot.

Necrobiosis Lipoidica and JAK inhibitors

Ivan Bristow

Sep 7, 20234 min read

Necrobiosis Lipoidica and JAK inhibitors

Necrobiosis lipoidica is a chronic and difficult condition to treat. JAK inhibitors may hold the key to successful treatment.

Ivan Bristow

Aug 9, 20233 min read

Melanoma in situ - not well understood

Melanoma in situ is a skin cancer which has not become invasive. What does it mean?

Syphilis on the rise again – look at the feet!

Ivan Bristow

Jul 6, 20233 min read

Syphilis on the rise again – look at the feet!

Syphilis in its secondary stage frequently presents on the plantar surface of the feet.

Ivan Bristow

Jul 6, 20233 min read

Koebner Phenomenon

What is the Koebner phenomenon?

Dermoscopy & acral melanoma. Keep it BRAAF please.

Ivan Bristow

May 5, 20233 min read

Dermoscopy & acral melanoma. Keep it BRAAF please.

Acral melanoma is something which worries every podiatrist – a rare malignancy but one not to be missed as timely diagnosis can reduce...

Dissolving microneedles - the future of topical drug delivery?

Ivan Bristow

Mar 7, 20233 min read

Dissolving microneedles - the future of topical drug delivery?

One of the most convenient and safest ways to deliver medicine into the body is via the topical route, through the skin into the dermis...

Ivan Bristow

Dec 5, 20223 min read

Drug reactions and the skin

The skin is the most common organ involved in reactions to ingested drugs. Fixed drug eruptions are a common manifestation of the problem.

Ivan Bristow

Nov 8, 20223 min read

Skin metastases from internal tumours

Cutaneous metastases are the secondary spread of cancers, but how often do internal cancers spread to the skin?

Ivan Bristow

Aug 30, 20221 min read

Vasculitis and skin ulcers

A paper has been published looking at the vasculitic causes of lower limb ulcers.

Book: Diagnostic Dermoscopy 2E – A great update

Ivan Bristow

Jul 26, 20223 min read

Book: Diagnostic Dermoscopy 2E – A great update

A review of the second edition Dr. Jonathan Bowling's award winning book "Diagnostic Dermoscopy".

Ivan Bristow

Mar 25, 20224 min read

What are the common pedal skin tumours?

This blog reviews a recent paper reporting the profile of 802 excised tumours from the foot.

Ivan Bristow

Mar 3, 20223 min read

A red macule on the sole

Case Outline A 54-year-old woman recently presented in clinic with a flat red lesion measuring 20 mm by 15 mm (maximum) on the plantar...

Ivan Bristow

Nov 30, 20215 min read

Which Dermatoscope should I buy?

Following the recent Royal College of Podiatry Conference last month in Liverpool, I decided to try and answer the most asked question...

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