Three patients of herpes gestationis, a rare dermatosis of pregnancy, are being described along with a short review of literaure on the recent immunological backdrop. The characteristic periumbilical cutaneous lesions with classical buflae en cocade appeared during the third trimester of pregnancy and were controlled with corticosteroids. Classical histopathological basal cell necrosis in all the three patients and C3 deposition on dermo-epidermal interface in two patients were demonstrated. Post partum exacerbation was noted in all the three patients. Re occurred after 13 weeks in one patient, the rest did not report for follow up.

A middle aged person had, perforating chancre of the shaft of the penis. The underlying corpus cavernosum remained unaffected and could be seen through the perforation. There was no evidence of secondary bacterial infection or other concomitant venereal disease. Extreme necrosis of the ulcer due to obliterative endarteritis and impairment of healing due to ant fibroblastic activity of topical corticosteroid are suggested as possible factors in the development of perforation of the ulcer.

A 10 year old boy and his father presented with atrophoderma vermiculatum. The son had multiple pits preceded by horny papules since 5 years of age while the father 40 year old had honey comb atrophy on both cheeks. The histopathology of skin lesions revealed non-specific peri-follicular inflammation.

A 70-year old female had cutanoeous metastasis on the face and neck from carcinoma cervix She had itching and oedema of the face and neck which was waxing and waning, but persisted later on. There were no complaints regarding the primary malignancy, though carcinoma cervix stage llI was detected on routine examination. Histopathology of the region on the neck revealed a poorly differentiated carcinomatous deposit.

A 6 year old boy had gradually progressive, asymptomatic well defined, bilaterally symmetrical, erythematohyperkeratotic plaques over dorsa of hands, feet, shins, popliteal fossae, natal cleft, both axillae and anterior aspect of abdomen, suggestive of symmetrical progressive erythrokerato derma. Palms and soles were spared. Involvement of multiple flexural areas in addition to the classical sites was unusual.

A giant intradiploic epidermoid cyst was seen in a 13 year old male manifesting as a swelling in the right sub-temporal region along with proptosis of the right eye for the last 6 years. There was no intracranial extension of the cyst. Removal of the cyst was followed by complete recovery of the proptosis of the eye.

Multiple acne comedones and papules arranged in a linear pattern on the cutaneous margins of the vermilion surface of the upper lip developed in a 12 - year old girl. This is attributed to the topical application of butter to relieve the chapping of the lips.

A 21 year old male developed 4 recurrences of Well syndrome with highly characteristic recurrent indurated urticarial plaque, circulatory eosinophilia, arthralgia, episodic asthma and histopathological flame fgwes. Direct immunofluorescence revealed periovascular deposits of C3 and IgM. A good response to corticosteroid was noticed.

There cases had coexisting lichen scierosus et atrophicus and morphoea. In two cases, both the types -of lesions were simultaneously present from the very beginning. While in the third case, lichen sclerosus et atrophicus developed later in association with an already present and partly treated morphoea.

A case of impetigo Herpetiformis is reported for its rarity and high mortality.

Exacerbation of the skin lesions of occurred during ibuprofen therapy in a middle aged-female for psoriatic arthritis, in a middle aged female. The possible mechanisms of this exacerbation mechanisms are briefly discussed.