This article discusses the causes, features and management of recurrent lower limb ulcers in a woman aged 75 years.
The diagnosis and management of ulcers can be a complex and satisfying conundrum.
Peripheral neuropathy, peripheral arterial disease and diabetes-related foot ulcers are the most important risk factors for future amputation.
Significant morbidity can follow corneal ulceration, with complications including corneal scarring and/or perforation, glaucoma, cataract and loss of vision.
A man aged 37 years presented with a three-day history of a penile ulcer and fatigue.
Evidence supports a patient-centred approach to proton pump inhibitor deprescribing involving stepping down the dose before ceasing or switching to pro re nata use.
This article discusses the process of performing biopsies and excisions from the skin to diagnose or treat skin cancers.
Clinicians should be alert to factors contributing to increased non-melanoma skin cancers.
Radiation therapy may be used as definitive treatment for low-risk cancers, as an adjuvant treatment for high-risk disease or alone for inoperable cases.
VMAT does not have a clearly established role in the management of field cancerisation. Suitably powered, controlled, long-term trials are needed before its routine use can be recommended.
Practitioners can improve diagnostic accuracy of skin biopsies and hasten appropriate management for patients by adopting some simple but effective steps during each biopsy procedure.
This study investigates the effectiveness of two interventions to prevent surgical site infection after below-knee surgery.
This article aims to explore and address the treatment options that primary care practitioners can offer for melasma.
This article investigates skin health in urban-living Aboriginal children and young people presenting to primary care.