Our priority in this department is working towards the correct diagnosis of uncommon diseases. Generally, our inpatients have other generalized symptoms, but we also have patients with non-generalized symptoms who require detailed diagnostic testing. Outside of the wards, we have outpatients coming to us whose symptoms are not yet stable.

Our main admissions include: bacterial infection, viral infection, malignant tumor, drug-induced rash, autoimmune bullous dermatosis, connective tissue disease/vasculitis, vascular insufficiency, inflammatory keratosis, hives, erythema, and eczema/dermatitis.

Eczema, dermatitis

Patch testing to reveal allergens for contact dermatitis.
Investigating allergens and the clinical condition of atopic dermatitis.
Inform patients on necessary everyday precautions and prescription use.

Hives

Investigation of allergens through blood and other testing.
Determining the presence of infectious disease or underlying disease.
Inform patients on necessary everyday precautions and prescription use.

Erythema

Testing to determine the causes of Stevens-Johnson syndrome, erythema nodosum and erythema annulare.
Inpatient treatment for Behçet’s disease, Sweet’s disease and adult onset Still’s disease.

Vasculitis

Confirming diagnosis with skin biopsy and blood testing.
Investigation of possible complications.
Inpatient treatment.

Vascular insufficiency

Testing for livedo reticularis and Raynaud phenomenon.
Topical treatment for leg ulcer.

Drug eruption

Evaluation of severity through skin biopsy and blood testing.
Investigation of cause using blood testing, patch testing and readministration/elimination.

Bullous disease, pustulosis

Confirmation of diagnosis by skin biopsy and blood testing.
Inpatient treatment for autoimmune bullous disease.
Investigation for the cause of palmoplantar pustulosis.

Inflamed keratosis

Determining the severity of psoriasis, and treatment with biologics in severe cases.
Investigation of the cause of lichen planus.
Inform patients on necessary everyday precautions and prescription use.

Skin tumour

Confirmation of diagnosis by dermatoscopy and skin biopsy.
Chemotherapy for malignant skin tumors, including melanoma.

Diseases of the skin appendages (acne vulgaris, rosacea, alopecia)

Cryotherapy, topical immunotherapy and other treatments for alopecia areata.
Oral therapy for male pattern baldness.
Inform patients on necessary everyday precautions and prescription use.

Connective tissue disease

Confirmation of diagnosis by skin biopsy and blood testing.
Admission for acute-stage systemic lupus erythematosus, scleroderma and dermatomyositis.

Infectious diseases

Identification of pathogenic microorganisms by microscopic and culture analysis, and blood testing.
Admission for erysipelas, cellulitis and respective viral infections.

Accredited training facility: Japanese Dermatological Association