Winners of the 6th National & International Conference

"Interdisciplinary Aspects of Diseases of the Skin and Mucous Membranes"

Special Awards

Award of the Head of the Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Warsaw:

Magdalena Antoszewska - Successful clinical application of The Molecular Adsorbent Recirculating System (MARS) with intractable pruritus due to cholestasis: a case report

Award of the President of the Polish Dermatological Society:

Julia Nowowiejska - The assessment of sleep disturbances in psoriatic patients

Award of the Editor-in-Chief of the "Dermatology Review"

Anna Płaszczyńska - Nail lesions in the course of systemic diseases – case series

Award of the Chairwoman of Warsaw Branch of Polish Dermatological Society:

Dominika Ragin - The assessment of skin hydration and lubrication in oncological patients receiving systemic treatment

Award of the Supervisor of the Student Scientific Association at the Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Warsaw:

Jakub Pielarz - Pediculosis capitis - what do parents know about it?

Award of the Supervisor of the Student Scientific Association at the Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Warsaw:

Carlo Bieńkowski - Congenital varicella syndrome and neonatal chickenpox, two faces of vertical varicella-zoster virus infection

Award of the Board of the Student Scientific Association at the Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Warsaw:

Marta Lewoc - Does social media affect acne? Survey report

English Review Session

Chosen by the Jury:

1. Maja Kotowska - Cannabinoids – promising agents in the treatment of dermatological conditions

2. Weronika Pucek - The effect of smoking on diseases of the skin

3. Anna Maria Janik - Antinuclear antibodies in systemic lupus erythematosus

Audience Awards:

1. Maja Kotowska - Cannabinoids – promising agents in the treatment of dermatological conditions

2. Weronika Pucek - The effect of smoking on diseases of the skin

2. Carlo Bieńkowski - Congenital varicella syndrome and neonatal chickenpox, two faces of vertical varicella-zoster virus infection

Works presented by Weronika Pucek and Carlo Bieńkowski received the same amount of votes and therefore were awarded ex aequo.

English Case Report Session

Chosen by the Jury:

1. Joanna Nowaczyk - Folliculitis decalvans – rare side effect of afatinib therapy

2. Karolina Makowska - Extramammary Paget disease. A case report

3. Michał Budzikowski - Ochronosis – a symptom or a disease? Literature review and case report

Audience Awards:

1. Michał Budzikowski - Ochronosis – a symptom or a disease? Literature review and case report

2. Julia Wierzbicka - An unusual course of meningococcal sepsis in a 17-month-old girl. Case report

3. Joanna Nowaczyk - Folliculitis decalvans – rare side effect of afatinib therapy

Original Research Session

Chosen by the Jury:

1. Magdalena Basałygo - Assessment of the IL-8 Concentration in Atopic Dermatitis and Rosacea

2. Albert Stec - The importance of bacterial metabolite - trimethylamine oxide (TMAO) in psorasis

3. Katarzyna Makowska - Allergic diseases in trichoscopy

Audience Awards:

1. Albert Stec - The importance of bacterial metabolite - trimethylamine oxide (TMAO) in psorasis

2. Katarzyna Makowska - Allergic diseases in trichoscopy

3. Dominika Ragin - The assessment of skin hydration and lubrication in oncological patients receiving systemic treatment

Polish Review Session

Chosen by the Jury:

1. Aleksandra Zrajkowska - Advances in skin regeneration using tissue engineering: 3D skin bioprinting

2. Katarzyna Kołakowska - Alopecia areata - differential diagnosis

3. Julia Derdulska - The application of imaging techniques in dermatology - new possibilities

Audience Awards:

1. Katarzyna Pieniak - TYK2 inhibitors - a novel potential therapeutic option in dermatology 

2. Katarzyna Zabłocka - Smallpox – a question of history or still a present threat?

3. Magdalena Mehel - Galectins - a novel group of proteins. Potential role in dermatological diseases

Polish Case Report Session

Chosen by the Jury:

1. Elwira Miłun - Fish Tank Granuloma - a case report

2. Mikołaj Cichoń - Skin and mucosal manifestations in a patient with Behçet’s disease and concomitant antiphospholipid syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus and myasthenia gravis

3. Anna Płaszczyńska - Nail lesions in the course of systemic diseases – case series

Audience Awards:

1. Mikołaj Cichoń - Skin and mucosal manifestations in a patient with Behçet’s disease and concomitant antiphospholipid syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus and myasthenia gravis

2. Kamil Fret - Extensive calcinosis cutis in mixed connective tissue disease

3. Anna Gorajek - Rowell’s Syndrome – a case report