Dermatology

The H.U.B’s Interhospital Dermatology Department is structured as follows: 

• General dermatology is often the gateway to another specialised consultation.   
• Paediatric dermatology, which straddles the Erasmus Hospital and the HUDERF, treats all skin diseases in children.   
• Oncological dermatology, which straddles the Jules Bordet Institute and the Erasmus Hospital, treats all skins cancers (melanoma and others) and skin lymphomas, as well as  dermal toxicities linked to certain cancer treatments. Innovative methods of early diagnosis are also available.    
• Dermatological emergencies responds to acute and sudden problems. Examples: allergic reaction, zona disease, skin infection, acute diabetic foot, etc.    
• Chronic sore care (especially sores linked to diabetic foot) is carried out at the Erasmus Medical Center (EMC).  
• The Allergology Clinic treats  contact allergies, eczema, hives and certain occupational diseases that affect the skin. Its activities are  both diagnostic (patch test, prick test, etc.) and therapeutic. 
• The reference centre for Verneuil’s disease (or hidradenitis suppurativa) is Belgium’s only centre  dedicated to this disease.  It is a part of a European Reference Network (ERN). ***mettre logo ERN + lien vers vidéo*** 
• The skin, hair and hormones consultation is concerned with skin diseases that could have a hormonal origin. Examples: hirsutism, alopecia (hair loss), alopecia areata, stubborn acne, etc.   
• A dermatologist holds a consultation in gynaecology for diseases  affecting the  female genital mucosa. Examples: vaginal candidiasis, STIs, condyloma, etc.   
• The consultation dedicated to diseases of the  male genital mucosa. Examples: STIs, condyloma, etc. .  
• The psoriasis consultation (see dedicated sheet).  
• The immunity disorders consultation  follows up transplant patients or patients with an innate or acquired immunity disorder that results in skin fragility.   
• Joint consultations with other specialists are proposed for  

1. Inflammatory diseases (such as psoriatic arthritis), with rheumatology; 

2. Auto-immune bullous and systemic diseases of the lupus type, with  internal medicine ; 

3. Dermatosurgery with plastic surgery; 

4. Dermatopaediatrics with paediatrics; 

5. Mucosal diseases with gynaecology. 

• Aesthetic dermatology proposes laser treatment for rosacea and laser CO2 for  dermabrasion treatment.     

The H.U.B’s Interhosptial Dermatology Department is the reference and training centre for non-invasive imaging. By combining a confocal microscope and optical coherence tomography (LC-OCT), it is possible, for example, to see in the epidermis with near-cell resolution. This permits a diagnosis of certain diseases without having to take a skin sample (biopsy).