Scottish Dermatological Society Abstracts, 221st Meeting:Edinburgh, 9 October 1997

Evaluation of outpatient prescribing by dermatologynursing staff. N.H.Cox and Y.Walton. Department ofDermatology, Cumberland In®rmary, Carlisle CA27HY, U.K.

Latex sensitivity in children with atopic eczema.S.A.Holme and R.Lever. University Departmentof Dermatology, Western Infirmary, GlasgowG11 6NT.

Polymorphic light eruption ± our recent experi-ence. S.J.R.Allan, R.E.Ray and J.A.Savin.Department of Dermatology, Lauriston Building,Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.

Extrafacial lentigo maligna melanoma: an ana-lysis of 71 cases, and comparison with head andneck tumours. N.H.Cox, T.C.Aitchison* andR.M.MacKiey. Department of Dermatology,Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle and Departmentsof *Statistics and yDermatology, University ofGlasgow, Glasgow.

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HenoÈ ch±SchoÈ nlein purpura; severe abdominalinvolvement and a favourable response tointravenous immunoglobulin. S.Velangi,G.M.Kavanagh and P.K.Buxton. Departmentof Dermatology, The Royal Infirmary of Edin-burgh, Level 4 The Lauriston Building, LauristonPlace, Edinburgh EH3 9YW.

Rebound generalised pustular psoriasis follow-ing withdrawal of oral cyclosporin treatment forpersistent palmoplantar pustulosis. B.de Silva,M.J.Tidman and E.C.Benton. Department ofDermatology, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh,Level 4 The Laurison Building, Lauriston Place,Edinburgh EH3 9YW.

Sweat contains a nitrite reducing agent. R.Well-er, N.Benjamin and J.A.A.Hunter. Departmentof Dermatology, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh,Level 4 The Lauriston Building, Lauriston Place,Edinburgh EH3 9YW.

The association between diffuse plane xantho-matosis and multiple myeloma. D.Choo,J.Dawson and el-Agnaf. Department of Derma-tology, Ulster Hospital, Dundonald, Belfast andDepartment of Dermatology, Western Infirmary,Glasgow.

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