Dermatol Pract Concept
January 2024
Unlabelled: Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is the most frequent genodermatosis. Its cutaneous findings are key for early diagnosis, as they usually appear at early age. Café-au-lait macules are the most known cutaneous findings.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCutaneous metastases from parotid tumors are uncommon and imply a poor prognosis. In this article, we report 2 new cutaneous metastasis cases from 2 different parotid malignancies and 42 additional cases from a literature review. Clinical manifestations, localization, and outcomes of skin metastasis from parotid tumors are described.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Primary cutaneous lymphomas (PCLs) and pseudolymphomas presenting as single pink-red nodules/tumors are highly unspecific and include a wide differential diagnosis.
Objective: To describe the dermoscopic characteristics of PCL/pseudolymphoma.
Methods: In this retrospective, case-control study, we evaluated the dermoscopic features of patients with solitary PCL/pseudolymphoma tumors and compared them to a control group of non-lymphomatous, nonpigmented, solitary tumors (e.
Background: Loxoscelism is a common pathology in our environment with a broad spectrum of differential diagnoses and presentations, with potentially serious complications, even to the point of death. To date, there is no standard treatment for these patients.
Aim: To describe the clinical manifestations, main complications, therapeutic management, and evolution of loxoscelism in an inpatient setting from a tertiary hospital in Chile.
A 54 year-old woman with a 3-year history of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) consulted us because of weight loss, fever and skin eruption. On physical examination, erythematous plaques with a pseudo-vesicular appearance were seen on the back of both shoulders. Histological examination was consistent with rheumatoid neutrophilic dermatosis (RND).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSeptic vasculitis is a medium and small-vessel vasculitis caused by direct action of pathogens, associated with bacteremia. It is an uncommon condition; clinical manifestations include purpura, ulcers and vesicles-pustules. Most cases of septic vasculitis are related to meningococcemia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIndian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol
September 2012