A novel treatment for idiopathic knuckle pads with cantharidin-podophylotoxin-salicylic acid.

Knuckle pads are benign subcutaneous nodules that appear most frequently on the small joints of the hands. In children, they are often idiopathic, and no universally effective treatment has been reported. We present the case of an adolescent successfully treated with a combination of topical cantharidin -podophylotoxin -salicylic acid.

[Experience in visceral cutaneous and cutaneous loxoscelism of hospital management: clinical, evolution and therapeutic proposal].

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.