01978nas a2200349   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001500059653001900074653001100093653002600104653001100130653001200141653003300153653001400186653002600200653002600226653001800252653000900270653002100279653002800300100001700328700001300345700002100358245013000379856006600509300001000575490000600585050001900591520100400610022001401614       1997                            d  c1997 Mar-Apr10aDermatitis10aDermatomycoses10aEczema10aHospitals, University10aHumans10aleprosy10aLupus Erythematosus, Discoid10aPsoriasis10aRetrospective Studies10aScleroderma, Systemic10aSkin Diseases10aTogo10aTropical Climate10aTuberculosis, Cutaneous1 aNapo-Koura G1 aPitche P1 aTchangai-Walla K00a[Non-tumor dermatoses diagnosed in the pathologic anatomy laboratory of the Tokoin University hospital center, Lomé (Togo)].  uhttp://www.jle.com/e-docs/00/04/1D/AA/vers_alt/VersionPDF.pdf  a75-800 v7  aNAPO-KOURA19973 a<p>The non-tumorous skin diseases are common in hospital consultation in tropical countries. These infections constitute a great health problem in black Africa. Their diagnosis is often clinically easy, but sometimes histologically examination is necessary to have the positive diagnosis. In Togo, a retrospective study conducted during ten years, allowed to note 516 cases of non-tumoural dermatosis which were histologically diagnosed. The principal infections were: inflammatory dermatosis 339 cases (213 cases were not specific against 108 specific cases predominated by leprosy: 82 cases), epidermal dermatosis (97 cases, predominated by eczema and psoriasis), dermal lesions (44 cases), lesions of dermic and epidermic junction (23 cases), hypodermic (13 cases). The results of this study shows the diversity of non-tumorous dermatosis diagnosed by the histology. The eradication of these diseases in Africa needs to have efficient laboratory diagnosis and research means in every country.</p>  a1157-5999