5 results match your criteria: "Vittorio Emanuele Polyclinic Hospital[Affiliation]"
Acute appendicitis secondary to desmoplastic melanoma metastasis in immune-checkpoint inhibitors era.
Melanoma Res
December 2021
Dermatology Clinic, Department of Medical Sciences University of Turin, Turin.
Biotin: overview of the treatment of diseases of cutaneous appendages and of hyperseborrhea.
G Ital Dermatol Venereol
October 2019
Dr. Phillip Frost Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.
One of the most common micronutrient deficiencies with cutaneous findings is the vitamin B, also known as biotin, deficiency. Biotin deficiency may be due to congenital lack of biotinidase, or acquired following some conditions that interfere with its absorption, such as inflammatory bowel disorders, a diet too rich in avidin, magnesium deficiency, smoking habit and treatment with broad-spectrum antibiotics, anticonvulsants and sulfonamides. This review highlights the role of biotin in the most common skin disorders such associated with biotin deficiency and an approach to their treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDegeneration of prosthesis after transcatheter aortic valve implantation.
Minerva Cardioangiol
February 2019
Division of Cardiology, Vittorio Emanuele Polyclinic Hospital, University of Catania, Catania, Italy -
With the expanding indication of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) to younger, lower risk population, transcatheter aortic valve (TAV) long-term durability is becoming an emerging issue to face with. Recently, the standardization of structural valve deterioration (SVD) definition by a join committee of the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI), the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) has permitted to evaluate for the first time the rates of TAV durability with comparable endpoint. A few studies reporting on structural valve dysfunction (SVD) after TAVI up to 8 years using these standardized criteria have found very low rates of valve deterioration, thus supporting the adoption of TAVI treatment even for younger patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA rare case of pemphigus herpetiformis in a young woman.
G Ital Dermatol Venereol
April 2020
Department of Dermatology, Vittorio Emanuele Polyclinic Hospital, Catania, Italy -
Gender differences in genital lichen sclerosus: data from a multicenter Italian study on 729 consecutive cases.
G Ital Dermatol Venereol
April 2020
Section of Dermatology and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
Background: Studies specifically conducted to assess gender differences in genital lichen sclerosus (GLS) are not available. This multicenter study aimed to identify possible gender-related differences on GLS clinical features, history and course, through collecting data from a large mixed-sex sample of patients.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study on 729 subjects (53.