Publications by authors named "Hernan Staiger"
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- Lichen sclerosus (LS) is a poorly understood inflammatory condition primarily affecting the genital areas, mostly in postmenopausal women, but also seen in men and children; its causes are still unclear despite links to hormonal changes and autoimmune issues.
- The disease is characterized by chronic whitish patches, itching, and potential complications like genital scarring, sexual dysfunction, and an increased risk of squamous cell carcinoma; diagnosis is mostly clinical with skin biopsies performed as needed.
- Treatment typically involves potent topical corticosteroids, with some emerging alternatives like topical calcineurin inhibitors, but overall, LS has limited treatment options and requires further research to better understand its features and management.
Eosinophilic annular erythema is a rare benign recurrent disease, originally described in children, characterized by the recurrent appearance of persistent non-pruritic, urticarial annular lesions. Histologically a perivascular infiltrate composed of lymphocytes and abundant eosinophils in the dermis is exhibited. We report the case of a 15-year-old boy who presented with a 4-year history of recurrent flares of erythematous annular plaques on the trunk and extremities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrimary anetoderma is a rare idiopathic disease of the skin characterized by circumscribed areas of slack skin and loss of elastic fibers found on histopathologic examination. It has been related to systemic lupus erythematosus and other immune diseases. In recent years, however, its association with antiphospholipid antibodies has been highlighted, and it should be considered a clinical manifestation of these antibodies.
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