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Course contents

Topics related to allied basic sciences

- The structure, functions and development of human skin.

- Ultrastructural aspects of epidermis, epidermal appendages, dermo-epidermal junction, dermis, and sub-cutis.

- Immunology, molecular biology and genetics in relation to the skin.

- Epidermal cell kinetics and keratinization.

- Lipids of epidermis and sebaceous glands.

- Percutaneous absorption.

- Skin as an organ of protection and thermoregulation.

- Biology of eccrine and apocrine sweat glands.

- Biology of melanocytes and melanin formation.

- Biology of hair follicles, sebaceous glands and nails.

- Epidermal proteins.

- Dermal connective tissue: collagen, elastin, reticulin, basement membrane and ground substance.

- Metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins, fats and steroids by the skin.

- Cutaneous vasculature and vascular reactions.

- Mechanism of cutaneous wound healing.

- Cellular and molecular biology of cutaneous inflammation and arachidonic acid metabolism.

- Immunologic aspects of epidermis.

- Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) system.

- Immunoglobulins.

- Cytokines and chemokines.

- Lymphocytes, neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils and mast cells.

- Complement system.

- Hypersensitivity and allergy.

- Cutaneous carcinogenesis (chemical, viral and radiation).

- Basics of cutaneous bacteriology, mycology, virology, parasitology and host resistance.

- Common laboratory procedures, stains,culture media etc. related to the cutaneous diagnosis.

- Basic pathologic patterns and reactions of skin.

- Common laboratory stains and procedures used in the histopathologic diagnosis of skin diseases and special techniques such as immunofluorescence, immunoperoxidase and other related techniques.

Clinical dermatology

- Epidemiology of cutaneous disease.

- Psychologic aspects of skin disease and psycho-cutaneous disorders.

- Pathophysiology and clinical aspects of pruritus.

Papulosquamous diseases

- Psoriasis, pityriasis rubra pilaris, pityriasis rosea.

- Parapsoriasis, lichen planus, lichen niditus.

- Palmo-plantar keratodermas, Darier's disease, porokeratosis.

- Ichthyoses and ichthyosiform dermatoses.

- Kyrle's disease and other perforating disorders.

Vesiculo - bullous disorders

- Erythema multiforme, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, Toxic epidermal necrolysis.

- Bullous pemphigoid, Pemphigus.

- Chronic bullous disease of childhood.

- Herpes gestationis (pemphigoid gestationis).

- Hereditary epidermolysis bullosa.

- Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita.

- Dermatitis herpetiformis.

- Familial benign pemphigus.

- Subcorneal pustular dermatoses.

- Pustular eruptions of palms and soles.

Disorders of epidermal appendages and related disorders

- Disorders of hair and nails.

- Disorders of sebaceous glands.

- Rosacea, Perioral dermatitis, acne.

- Disorders of eccrine and apocrine sweat glands.

- Follicular syndromes with inflammation and atrophy.

Epidermal and appendageal tumours

- Precancerous lesions, squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma

- Keratoacanthoma, benign epithelial tumours, appendageal tumours

- Merkel cell carcinoma, Paget's disease

Disorders of melanocytes

- Disorders of pigmentation, albinism, benign neoplasia and hyperplasias of melanocytes, dysplastic melanocytic nevi, cutaneous malignant melanoma.

Inflammatory and neoplastic disorders of the dermis

- Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweet's syndrome)

- Erythema elevatum diutinum

- Cutaneous eosinophilic diseases

- Granuloma faciale

- Pyoderma grangrenosum

- Erythema annulare centrifugum and other figurate erythemas

- Granuloma annulare

- Malignant atrophic papulosis (Dego's Disease)

- Neoplasms, pseudoneoplasms and hyperplasias of the dermis

- Vascular anomalies

- Kaposi's Sarcoma

- Anetoderma and other atrophic disorders of the skin

- Ainhum and pseudoainhum

- Neoplasias and hyperplasias of neural and muscular origin

- Elastosis perforans serpiginosa and reactive perforating collagenosis

Lmphomas, pseudolymphomas and related conditions

Disorders of subcutaneous tissue

- Panniculitis

- Lipodystrophy

- Neoplasms of the subcutaneous fat

Disorders of the mucocutaneous integument

- Biology and disorders of the oral mucosa

- Disorders of the anogenitalia of males and females

Cutaneous changes in disorders of altered reactivity

- Genetic immunodeficiency diseases

- Urticaria and Angioedema

- Disorders associated with complement abnormalities

- Graft-versus-host Disease

- Muco-cutaneous manifestations in immunosuppressed host other than HIVinfection

- Contact dermatitis

- Auto-sensitization dermatitis

- Atopic dermatitis (atopic eczema)

- Nummular eczematous dermatitis

- Seborrhoeic dermatitis

- Vesicular palmoplantar eczema

Skin changes due to mechanical and physical factors

- Occupational skin disease

- Radiobiology of the skin

- Skin problems in amputee

- Sports dermatology

- Skin problems in war field

- Decubitus ulcers

Photomedicine, photobiology and photo immunology in relation to skin

- Acute and chronic effects of ultraviolet radiation and sun light on the skin

- Narrow-band ultraviolet B (NBUVB) therapy, phototherapy, photochemotherapy

Disorders due to drugs and chemical agents

- Cutaneous reactions to drugs

- Mucocutaneous complications of anti-neoplastic therapy

- Cutaneous manifestations of drug abuse

Dermatology and the ages of man

- Neonatal dermatological problems

- Pediatric and adolescent dermatological problems

- Ageing of skin

- Geriatric dermatological problems

Skin lesions in nutritional metabolic and heritable disorders

- Cutaneous changes in nutritional disease

- Acrodermatitis enteropathica and other zinc deficiency disorders

- Cutaneous changes in errors of amino acid metabolism: Tyrosinemia II, phenylketonuria, arginine succinic aciduria, and alkaptonuria

- Amyloidosis of the skin

- The porphyrias

- Xanthomatosis and lipoprotein disorders

- Fobry's Disease; galactosidase - a deficiency (Angiokeratoma corporis diffusum universale)

- Lipid proteinosis

- Cutaneous mineralisation and ossification

- Heritable disorders of connective tissue with skin changes

- Heritable disease with increased sensitivity to cellular injury

- Basal cell Naevus syndrome

Skin manifestations of hematologic disorders

- Skin changes in hematological disease

- Langerhans cell and other cutaneous histiocytoses

- The Mastocytosis syndrome

Skin manifestations of systemic disease

- The skin and disorders of the alimentary tract

- The hepatobiliary system and the skin

- Cutaneous changes in renal disorders, cardiovascular, pulmonary disorders and endocrinal disorders

- Skin changes and diseases in pregnancy

- Skin changes in the flushing disorders and the carcinoid syndrome

Skin manifestations of rheumatologic disease

- Lupus Erythematosus

- Dermatomyositis

- Scleroderma

- Systemic Necrotizing Arteritis

- Cutaneous Necrotising venulitis

- Cryoglobulinemia and Cryofibrinogenemia

- Relapsing Polychondritis

- Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatic Fever and Gout

- Sjogren's syndrome

- Raynaud's phenomenon

- Reiter's syndrome

- Multicentric Reticulohisticytosis

Cutaneous manifestations of disease in other organ systems

- Sarcoidosis of the skin

- Cutaneous manifestations of Internal Malignancy

- Acanthosis Nigricans

- Scleredema

- Papular Mucinosis

- Neurocutaneous disease

- Tuberous Sclerosis Complex

- The Neurofibromatosis

- Ataxia Telangiectasia

- Behcet's disease

Bacterial diseases with cutaneous involvement

- General considerations of bacterial diseases

- Pyodermas: Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus, and others

- Staphylococcal Scalded-Skin syndrome

- Soft Tissue Infections: Erysipelas, Cellulitis, Septicemia and Gangrenous

Cellulitis

- Gram-Negative Coccal and bacillary infections

- Bartonellosis

- Miscellaneous bacterial infections with cutaneous manifestations

- Tuberculosis and other myopacterial infections

- Actinomycosis, Necardiosis, and Actinomycetoma

- Lyme Borreliosis

- Kawasaki Disease

Fungal diseases with cutaneous involvement

- Superficial fungal infection: Dermatophytosis, Tinea Nigra, Piedra

- Yeast Infections: Candidiasis, Pitryiasis (Tinea) Versicolor

- Deep Fungal Infections

Viral and ricketisial disease

- Viral Diseases: general consideration

- Rubella (German Measles)

- Measles

- Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease

- Herpangina

- Erythema Infectiosum and Parvovirus B 19 infection

- Herpes simplex

- Varicella and Herpes Zoster

- Cytomegalovirus Infection

- Epstein - Barr Virus Infections

- Human Herpes virus 6 & 7 infections and Exanthem subitum

(Roseola Infantum or Sixth Disease)

- Smallpox and Complications of small pox vaccination

- Contagious Pustular Dermatitis, Contagious Ecthyma: Orf virus infection

- Milluscum Contagiosum

- Miller's Nodules

- Warts

- Human Retroviral Disease: Human T-Lymphotropic Virusviruses

Therapeutics

Topical therapy

- Pharmacokinetics principles intopical applications of drugs.

- Principles of topical therapy.

Topical agents

- Glucocorticoids, Acne therapies, Analgesics, Anesthetics, Anti-inflammatory,

Anti-hair loss, Anti-microbial, Anti-parasitic, Antiperspirants, Anti-pruritic, Antiviral, Astringents, Bleaching agents, Keratolytics, Psoriasis therapies, Wart therapies, Topical Retinoids, Topical Antibiotics, Topical Anti-fungal Agents, Sun-protective Agents, Keratolytic Agents, Topical Cytotoxic Agents, Cosmetics and Skincare in practice.

Systemic therapy

- Systemic glucocorticoids, Sulfones, Aminoquinolines, Cytotoxic and Antimetabolic Agents, Oral Retinoids, Antihistamines, Antibiotics, Antiviral Drugs, Oral Antifungal Agents, Immunosuppressive and Immunomodulatory drugs, Thalidomide, photo-chemotherapy and photo-therpay, electric cautery, cryotherapy, electrolysis, tattooing, intra-lesional injections etc.

Surgery in dermatology

- Dermatologic Surgery: Introduction and Approach

- Skin Resurfacing: Chemical Peels

- Skin Resurfacing: Dermabrasion

- Skin Resurfacing: Laser

- Skin punch grafting

- Wound Dressings

- Cryosurgery

- Nail Surgery

Venereology

- Clinical approach to the patient of sexually transmitted disease

- Anatomy of male and female genitalia

- Epidemiological aspects of STDs

- Viral STDs including HIV, Herpes, Human Papilloma virus (HPV), Molluscum contagiosum, Espirito Santo virus (ESV) etc.

- Bacterial STD's: Syphilis, Gonorrhoea, Chancroid, Donovanosis

- Chlamydial infections: Lymphogranuloma venereum, urethritis, cervicits, nongonococcal urethritis (NGU), non-specific vaginitis etc.

- Fungal: Candidiasis

- Protozoal: Trichomoniasis

- Ectoparasitic: Scabies, Pediculosis infestations.

- Syndromic management of STDs

- HIV/AIDS - Epidemiology, transmission, patient load, High-risk groups, cutaneous manifestations of HIV, treatment of opportunistic infections, antiretroviral therapy, management of STDs in HIV-positive cases

- STDs in reproduction health and Pediatrics

- STDs and HIV

- Prevention, counseling and education of different STDs including HIV

- National Control Programmes of STDs and HIV infection

- Medico-legal, social aspects of STDs including psychological and behavioral abnormalities in STD patients

Leprosy

- Approach the patient with leprosy

- Epidemiological aspects

- Structure, biochemistry, and microbiology of Mycobacterium leprae

- Animal models

- Pathogenesis

- Classification

- Immunology and molecular biological aspects

- Histopathology and diagnosis including laboratory aids

- Clinical features

- Reactions

- Systemic involvement (Ocular, bone, mucosa, testes and endocrine etc.)

- Pregnancy and leprosy

- HIV infection and leprosy