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In our particular way of expressing ourselves, redacting, talking, writing#8230; either way, opening a space for communication with other colleagues, highlights our own and perhaps as sui generis medical style. In reality, no specialty has a heritage which as extensive as dermatology. It may be that different colleagues find it difficult for them to "decode" our semiological messages, which for us are quite simple, clear, and explicit. Oh surprise! When in an interconsultation our colleague who requested it exclaims: "now what does my colleague mean?"#8230; That's where we verify that we have reached a certain sublimity in our lineage, which for many is equivalent to a sea of descriptive confusion. To you our gentle reader, would you like to recall some of the peculiarities of our daily clinical jargon and that through the centuries has made us a special place among colleagues? In Spanish they are phonetically beautiful. We have managed to collect some comments about this different way of expressing ourselves. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Enhancement radiation dermatitis is a rare and interesting entity whose mechanism is currently unknown. We report the case of a patient diagnosed with melanoma and brain metastases who was on treatment with temozolamide and phenytoin, and shortly after receiving whole brain holocraneal radiotherapy, patient developed toxic epidermal necrolysis beginning at the scalp. The pathogenesis of this reaction is unknown and many unsuccessfully efforts have been made to try to explain it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Psoriasis, inflammatory disease with unknown and multifactorial etiology, is a frequent and chronic inflammatory dermatosis. Its wide clinical variety and evolution, patients' personal background, and type and extension of injuries, determine its severity. A new way of approaching these cases, with a multidisciplinary scope describing multiple risk factors that aggravate the prognosis, it is expected that more often we can relate it to the metabolic syndrome (obesity, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, dyslipidemia, etc.), thus allowing us to define its impact in a better quality of life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Dermatology is one of the most visual oriented specialties, one in which should always get high quality images. Clinical photography is a diagnostic tool that allows evaluating patient's development. Nowadays digital photography has become everything's magic wand. This article comments basic "pre-retinian" knowledge to leave behind this naïve approach and gain a more professional one. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]