Porokeratosis of Mibelli in an HIV-positive patient.

Porokeratosis represents a group of disorders of epidermal keratinization that are characterized by one or more annular plaques surrounded by a histologically distinctive hyperkeratotic ridge-like border called the cornoid lamella. Many studies showed that organ transplantation and immunosuppression were associated in a significant number of cases. Furthermore, an association with squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma has been noted in all variants of porokeratosis.

[Vacuum dressing technique to temporary cover of laparostomy].

Background: The advances in patient care with trauma or severe intra-abdominal infections, brought important gains in survival with the use of peritoneostomies. But the management of patients brought a difficult problem: the primary closure without tension of the abdominal cavity.

Aim: To present a proposal for temporary coverage of peritoneostomies in patients undergoing damage control laparotomy or decompressive laparotomy for abdominal compartment syndrome.