Publications by authors named "K Penven"
Background: Hyperhidrosis is a disorder that can impair quality of life. Localized treatments may be cumbersome and ineffective, and no systemic treatments have proven to be significantly beneficial.
Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness and tolerance of low-dose oxybutynin for hyperhidrosis.
Background: Dermatomyositis is a rare inflammatory dermatosis for which an iatrogenic origin has been described in very few cases. We report a case of dermatomyositis occurring after fluvastatin intake.
Case Report: A 76-year-old male patient sought medical attention for a photodistributed rash and considerable muscular weakness present for one month.
Background: Neutrophilic eccrine hidradenitis occurs mostly in patients receiving chemotherapy for acute myeloblastic leukemia, rarely in healthy patients. Histopathologic pattern is characteristic and includes selective necrosis of the eccrine glands with a local neutrophilic infiltrate.
Case Report: We report the case of a 41 year-old woman with no medical past-history who developed during 2 years successive papulous skin eruptions.
Evaluation of vaseline oil applied prior to UVB TL01 phototherapy in the treatment of psoriasis.
Photodermatol Photoimmunol Photomed
June 2005
Background: Use of emollient prior to phototherapy could enhance UV transmission through psoriasis plaques on the condition that the emollient is not photoprotective. Emollient pretreatment with narrow-band phototherapy (313 nm) has not been studied extensively. We conducted a study to assess if vaseline oil prior to UVB TL01, in chronic psoriasis plaques could accelerate psoriasis clearance.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Exacerbation of viral exanthema has been described after different types of aggression such as sun exposure. Photoaggravation of varicella is unusual.
Case Report: We report the case of a 25 year-old woman who presented with varicella mainly distributed on the neckline and the top of the back.