Risk factors associated with frontal fibrosing alopecia: a multicentre case-control study.

Background: Frontal fibrosing alopecia (FFA) is a chronic cicatricial alopecia with an increasing incidence and unknown aetiology.

Aim: To identify possible environmental and hormonal factors related to FFA.

Methods: We conducted a multicentre case-control study paired by sex and age, and recruited 664 women (335 cases and 329 controls) and 106 men (20 cases and 86 controls).

Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia in Men: Presentations in 12 Cases and a Review of the Literature.

Background: Frontal fibrosing alopecia (FFA) is a scarring disease in which the hairline recedes and the eyebrows can be affected. Usually seen in postmenopausal women, FFA is much less common in men.

Objective: To describe the clinical characteristics of FFA in a case series of men and compare this series to those reported in the literature.

Adverse skin effects of imatinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor.

Imatinib mesylate is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor that targets the BCR-ABL, c-kit, and PDGF (platelet-derived growth factor) receptors. Imatinib is mainly indicated for chronic myeloid leukemia and gastrointestinal stromal tumors but is also prescribed by dermatologists for dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, systemic sclerosis, and systemic mastocytosis, among other conditions. Most adverse effects are mild or moderate and therapy is generally well tolerated.

Cutaneous aspects of congenital absence of the inferior vena cava in a newborn.

We present the case of a 9-day-old girl with venous dilatations in lower abdomen and legs associated to cyanosis. Radiological studies revealed a congenital agenesis of the entire inferior vena cava.

Wolf's isotopic response: a series of 9 cases.

Introduction: The term Wolf's isotopic response refers to the appearance of a new skin disease at the site of an already healed, unrelated disease. In most cases, the initial disease is herpes zoster. Different diseases may subsequently develop on the same site.