American cutaneous leishmaniasis is an infectious disease caused by the protozoa of the genus Leishmania. Clinical manifestations vary according to the virulence of the parasite speciesand the host's immune response. We report a case of a 2-year-old girl vertically exposed to HIV who presented painful and itchy papules throughout her lower limbs with further dissemination of vegetative ulcers all over the body and scalp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPruritic folliculitis of pregnancy is a rare disease of unknown etiology. It occcurs primarily during pregnancy, usually with spontaneous resolution postpartum. It is characterized by a benign dermatosis, with papular and pustular follicular lesions that first appear on the torso and occasionally spread throughout the body.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSyphilis is an infectious disease with mucocutaneous lesions that are characteristic of their stage (primary, secondary, or tertiary). These are not always typical and may have other morphologies and unusual symptoms, making diagnosis difficult. The report herein is of a healthy woman with vesicular lesions associated with intense itching.
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February 2013
Background: Striae distensae (SD) treatment still remains a therapeutic challenge to dermatologists. Ablative fractional laser and radiofrequency (RF) enhance skin-drug permeability for SD treatment.
Objective: To clinically evaluate the efficacy and safety as well as patient's satisfaction in relation to a method using ablative fractional RF associated with retinoic acid 0.
The Fox-Fordyce disease is a rare inflammatory dermatosis that affects mainly young women and is characterized by multiple follicular papules, skin color or brownish, very itchy, localized in areas rich in apocrine glands. Histopathology shows focal spongiosis of the upper infundibulum with fibrosis and perifollicular lymphohistiocytic infiltrate. The diagnosis is based on clinical and histopathological examination.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: Mycosis fungoides (MF), the most common form of cutaneous T cell lymphoma (CTCL), is mainly manifested in the elderly. However, it has been described in children and teenagers.
Objectives: To report six patients with mycosis fungoides diagnosed in patients under 20 years of age.
There are different types of skin changes associated with internal malignancy. One type is the skin involvement as a result of cutaneous metastasis from an internal tumor. The skin is an uncommon site for distant metastasis; when it is present the most common sources are breast, lung, and colon.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSporotrichosis is the most common of the deep mycoses. In most cases the transmission occurs secondary to recent penetrating trauma with plant thorns, wood splinters or contaminated organic material. We report a case of a 68-year-old Brazilian female with a small ulcer on her right forefinger and palpable erythematous nodules on her right forearm.
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