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Dermatoses due to Quackery: A Case Snippet and Concise Review of Literature
A wide prevalence of socio-religious, cultural, and tribal practices in India often leads to a multitude of skin conditions, which can misled the dermatologists in arriving at a diagnosis. With increasing globalization and migration, the practice of indigenous customs and traditions are crossing bou...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4763699/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26955099 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.174029 |
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author | Bonde, Pooja Madke, Bhushan Kar, Sumit Prasad, Kameshwar Yadav, Nidhi Sonkusale, Pratiksha |
author_facet | Bonde, Pooja Madke, Bhushan Kar, Sumit Prasad, Kameshwar Yadav, Nidhi Sonkusale, Pratiksha |
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description | A wide prevalence of socio-religious, cultural, and tribal practices in India often leads to a multitude of skin conditions, which can misled the dermatologists in arriving at a diagnosis. With increasing globalization and migration, the practice of indigenous customs and traditions are crossing boundaries, making it imperative for the dermatologists to be acquainted with the cutaneous side effects of these practices. Here, we report a unique case of thermal burn in a circumferential pattern over the umbilical region, a result of the placement of burning lamp over umbilicus to alleviate abdominal discomfort. |
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spelling | pubmed-47636992016-03-07 Dermatoses due to Quackery: A Case Snippet and Concise Review of Literature Bonde, Pooja Madke, Bhushan Kar, Sumit Prasad, Kameshwar Yadav, Nidhi Sonkusale, Pratiksha Indian J Dermatol Case Report A wide prevalence of socio-religious, cultural, and tribal practices in India often leads to a multitude of skin conditions, which can misled the dermatologists in arriving at a diagnosis. With increasing globalization and migration, the practice of indigenous customs and traditions are crossing boundaries, making it imperative for the dermatologists to be acquainted with the cutaneous side effects of these practices. Here, we report a unique case of thermal burn in a circumferential pattern over the umbilical region, a result of the placement of burning lamp over umbilicus to alleviate abdominal discomfort. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4763699/ /pubmed/26955099 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.174029 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Dermatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Bonde, Pooja Madke, Bhushan Kar, Sumit Prasad, Kameshwar Yadav, Nidhi Sonkusale, Pratiksha Dermatoses due to Quackery: A Case Snippet and Concise Review of Literature |
title | Dermatoses due to Quackery: A Case Snippet and Concise Review of Literature |
title_full | Dermatoses due to Quackery: A Case Snippet and Concise Review of Literature |
title_fullStr | Dermatoses due to Quackery: A Case Snippet and Concise Review of Literature |
title_full_unstemmed | Dermatoses due to Quackery: A Case Snippet and Concise Review of Literature |
title_short | Dermatoses due to Quackery: A Case Snippet and Concise Review of Literature |
title_sort | dermatoses due to quackery: a case snippet and concise review of literature |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4763699/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26955099 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.174029 |
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