Activité de consultation de trois services de dermatologie hospitalo-universitaires français

This study shows that in France,consultations at hospital dermatology departments differ greatly from those of dermatologists in private practice.The main diseases seen (cancer,arteriovenous disease,allergy,infectious dermatosis)accounted for the majority of hospitalisations in these departments.The organisation of hospital consultations is increasingly tending both towards treatment of highly specialised diseases through specifically oriented consultations and also towards the emergency treatment of certain forms of acute dermatosis.