The 24th World Congress of Dermatology (WCD) was held in Milan, Italy from June 10 to 15, 2019. Professor Ran Yuping and his team from the Department of Dermatovenereology participated in this international top dermatology conference held once every four years.

On 10th June 2019, in Joint Summit Meeting of Chinese Society of Dermatology Summit Prof. Ran Yuping presented on “Itraconazole for infantile hemangioma: from bedside to bench”. It was moderated by Dr. Jinhua Xu and Dr. Li He. He spoke on different clinical presentations and treatment strategies in different cases using itraconazole for infantile hemangioma. This is an original discovery from his clinical observation, during treatment of an infantile hemangioma secondary to Candida albicans infection with anti-fungal agent itraconazole, with unexpected results. Not only candidiasis was cured, but infantile hemangioma markedly subsided. Further result suggested the platelet-derived growth factor-D is a target of itraconazole in infantile hemangioma.

Besides delivering 4 oral presentations in the 24th World Congress of Dermatology, Prof. Ran Yuping and his team also demonstrated their 6 poster presentations named “Dermoscopy on virus, fungi and parasites infectious skin experience in China”, “Hair fungal infection-precise diagnosis and therapeutic effect evaluation by dermoscopy and fluorescent staining” and “Oral itraconazole for treatment of infantile hemangiomas updated clinical and mechanism research” by Prof. Ran Yuping, “Topical use of 1% luliconazole cream cured with Fusarium oxysporum infected refractory ulcers on an elderly patient’s leg and ankle” by Dr. Xin Ran, “Ultrastructure changes of Candida albicans, Candida tropicalis, Candida guilliermondii and Malassezia furfur treated with cliquinol” by Dr. Zimeng You and “Wet gauze applied prior to sample extraction enhances the compliance and diagnostic capability in tinea capitis of Kerion caused by Trichophyton interdigitale in a child” by Dr. Sushmita Pradhan.

Overall the 24th World Congress of Dermatology held in Milan was a successful event. Over 16,000 people participated in this conference from around the world. The conference was concluded with the declaration of next venue of the 25th World Congress of Dermatology in 2023 in Singapore.