[Cervico-occipital junction malformation and vitiligo].

Vitiligo is a relatively common multifactorial polygenetic dermatosis (0.5%-2% of general population) characterized by segmental or nonsegmental cutaneous depigmentation. Chiari malformation is a congenital cervico-occipital junction disease characterized by a migration of a part of the cerebellum through the foramen magnum.

Toxic epidermal necrolysis in a female with metastatic breast cancer treated with vinorelbine.

Vinorelbine is an anticancer agent with high clinical efficacy for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer. Toxic epidermal necrolysis is a rare but serious cutaneous adverse reaction associated with drug therapy. We hereby present a case report of a patient with metastatic breast cancer, treated with vinorelbine, who developed toxic epidermal necrolysis.

[Pyoderma gangrenosum following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation].

Background: Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare form of neutrophilic dermatosis and is a potential complication in a number of systemic diseases. These include blood diseases, which represent 3.5% of cases, with the main forms being monoclonal gammopathy and acute myeloid leukemia.

[Sneddon's syndrome].

Sneddon's syndrome is still raising some nosological and etiopathogenic questions. The occurrence of ischemic stroke in young adults especially in the presence of livedo racemosa should suggest the diagnosis and encourage to perform a skin biopsy, which could strengthen the diagnosis. Management begins with prevention of vascular risk factors and treatments based primarily on anti-thrombotic.

[Dapsone efficacy in lupus miliaris disseminatus faciei: two cases].

Background: Lupus miliaris disseminatum faciei (LMDF) is a rare, chronic and benign facial dermatosis that is regarded as an enigmatic diagnostic and therapeutic entity with spontaneous regression in 2 to 4 years leaving pock-like scars.

Case Report: We present two cases of LMDF: the first concerns a 46-year-old woman who 6 months earlier presented a papular and pustular eruption on her face leaving small pitted scars. The inefficacy of treatment with cyclines, metronidazole and crotamiton as well as the clinical and histological examination results allowed a diagnosis of lupus miliaris disseminatus faciei to be made.

[Erysipelas of the face revealing a mucormycosis].

Background: Mucormycosis is an opportunistic fungal infection, typically affecting immunocompromised patients. Rhino-orbital location is the most frequent form with cerebral blood vessels invasion and a fatal outcome.

Case Report: An immunocompetent 38-year-old woman, with previous history of primary cutaneous mucormycosis, was admitted for a febrile erythemato-oedematous lesion of the face with well-demarcated edge evoking erysipelas.