We present a 44-year-old man with multiple flat papules over a tattoo, diagnosed with acquired verruciform epidermodysplasia (EV). The lesions completely disappeared after 3 sessions of photodynamic therapy (PDT) with topical methyl aminolevulinate. PDT could be considered a treatment of choice in human papillomavirus lesions located over tattoos since it resolves the lesions while preserving the integrity of the design.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn the last few years, the use of oral sirolimus has shown promising results in the treatment of some complex vascular anomalies, and recently, it has been used in patients with Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS). We present the case of an 11-year-old girl with the diagnosis of SWS and hemifacial overgrowth treated with oral sirolimus. Throughout the eight months of follow-up, improvement of the port-wine birthmark, intraocular pressure, and neurocognitive development was noted.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground/objectives: The aim of the study was to describe the clinical characteristics, management, and outcome of a series of children with chronic urticaria (CU).
Methods: We retrospectively studied children aged <15 years diagnosed with CU in a tertiary teaching hospital in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, between January 2014 and March 2019. CU was defined as persistence of symptoms of wheals, with or without angioedema, for >6 weeks.