Abstract Localized pretibial myxedema is a dermopathy whose treatment is a challenge in dermatology, occurring in 0.5-4% of patients with Graves' disease. This autoimmune thyroid condition stimulates the production of hyaluronic acid and glycosaminoglycans that are deposited particularly in the pretibial...
Abstract We report a 74-year-old male presented to an outpatient dermatology clinic in Manaus, Amazonas, with a one-year history of pruritic, keloidal lesions on his left lower extremity. Histopathology showed round structures in reticular dermis. Grocott methenamine silver stain revealed numerous round ...
Abstract Histoid leprosy is an uncommon form of lepromatous leprosy with distinct clinical, histopathological, immunological, and bacteriological features. This variant usually occurs in multibacillary patients who have irregular or inadequate treatment. Herein, we report a case of de novo histoid lepros...
Abstract: Pigmented purpuric dermatoses (PPD) include a spectrum of diseases with different clinical aspects, but with similar histopathological features. Specific clinical findings allow the division of PPD in variants. Schamberg's disease is the most common. Treatment is sometimes ineffective and recur...
Abstract: Necrolytic acral erythema is a rare skin disease associated with hepatitis C virus infection. We report a case of a 31-year-old woman with hepatitis C virus infection and decreased zinc serum level. Physical examination revealed scaly, lichenified plaques, well-demarcated with an erythematous p...
Eritema/etiología,
Hepatitis C/complicaciones,
Dermatosis de la Pierna/etiología,
Eritema/tratamiento farmacológico,
Eritema/patología,
Hepatitis C/tratamiento farmacológico,
Hepatitis C/patología,
Dermatosis de la Pierna/tratamiento farmacológico,
Dermatosis de la Pierna/patología,
Erupciones Liquenoides/patología,
Zinc/deficiencia,
Zinc/uso terapéutico
Psoriasiform Keratosis is a rare clinic entity. The etiopathogenesis remains unknown and the disease is characterized by a solitary, scaly or keratotic papule, or plaque mainly located on the extremities. Histopathological features closely resemble those of psoriasis. We report the case of a 70-year-old ...
Se presenta caso de mujer adulta con múltiples lesiones ampollosas de 1 semana de evolución, acompañada de fiebre. Presentaba antecedentes de rectorragias ocasionales desde hace varios años. La colonoscopía detectó la presencia de Enfermedad inflamatoria intestinal, que se confirmó con la anatomí...
Piodermia Gangrenosa/diagnóstico,
Dermatosis de la Pierna/tratamiento farmacológico,
Piodermia Gangrenosa/tratamiento farmacológico,
Dermatosis de la Pierna/patología,
Piodermia Gangrenosa/patología,
Dermatosis de la Pierna/diagnóstico,
Prednisona/uso terapéutico,
Glucocorticoides/uso terapéutico,
Azatioprina/uso terapéutico,
Inmunosupresores/uso terapéutico,
Enfermedades del Recto/patología
Nevo epidérmico verrucoso inflamatório linear (Nevil) é uma variante do nevo epidérmico verrucoso que acomete mais comumente o sexo feminino. Clinicamente, é caracterizado por fenômenos inflamatórios recorrentes, conferindo aspecto de dermatite eczematosa crônica ou psoriasiforme, frequentemente ...
