Abstract Churg-Strauss syndrome is a rare systemic vasculitis characterized by asthma and other allergy symptoms as well as eosinophilia and necrotizing vasculitis involving small and medium-sized vessels. Its prevalence in the general population ranges from 1-3 cases per million a year, varying accordin...
Abstract Metastatic Crohn's disease is a rare extraintestinal manifestation of Crohn's disease. It is characterized by polymorphic skin lesions formed by non-caseating granulomas located on anatomical sites distant from the gastrointestinal tract. We report a rare case of metastatic Crohn's disease, simu...
Abstract Frontal fibrosing alopecia is a variant of lichen planopilaris with marginal progressive hair loss on the scalp, eyebrows and axillae. We report a case of frontal fibrosing alopecia and lichen planus pigmentosus in a postmenopausal woman, that started with alopecia on the eyebrows and then on th...
Corticoesteroides/uso terapéutico,
Alopecia/tratamiento farmacológico,
Alopecia/patología,
Biopsia,
Dermoscopía,
Finasterida/uso terapéutico,
Frente/patología,
Hiperpigmentación/tratamiento farmacológico,
Hiperpigmentación/patología,
Liquen Plano/tratamiento farmacológico,
Liquen Plano/patología,
Posmenopausia,
Piel/patología,
Resultado del Tratamiento
Abstract Cryptococcosis is a common fungal infection in immunocompromised patients, caused by genus Cryptococcus, presenting with meningitis, pneumonia, and skin lesions. Cutaneous presentation can be varied, but specifically in solid organ transplant recipients (iatrogenically immunocompromised), crypto...
Antifúngicos/uso terapéutico,
Biopsia,
Criptococosis/tratamiento farmacológico,
Criptococosis/inmunología,
Criptococosis/patología,
Dermatomicosis/tratamiento farmacológico,
Dermatomicosis/inmunología,
Dermatomicosis/patología,
Diagnóstico Diferencial,
Inmunocompetencia,
Piel/patología
Abstract: On rare occasions, skin lesions are the first local of metastatic manifestation of internal malignancies. In case of no previous diagnosis of these tumors, the approach of suspicious skin lesions becomes a challenge, especially in differentiating cutaneous metastases and adnexal primary neoplas...
Abstract: Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita is a severe autoimmune subepidermal bullous disease. In this report, we described for the first time a patient with epidermolysis bullosa acquisita who developed acute renal failure. There is a possibility that epidermolysis bullosa acquisita and acute renal fail...
Abstract Hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell carcinoma (HLRCC) is an autosomal dominant manifestation of cutaneous and uterine leiomyomas together with renal cancer due to autosomal dominant germline mutations of fumarate hydratase gene. A twenty-year-old female patient presented with type-II segmen...
Edad de Inicio,
Biopsia,
Fumarato Hidratasa/genética,
Inmunohistoquímica,
Leiomiomatosis/genética,
Leiomiomatosis/patología,
Síndromes Neoplásicos Hereditarios/genética,
Síndromes Neoplásicos Hereditarios/patología,
Piel/patología,
Neoplasias Cutáneas/genética,
Neoplasias Cutáneas/patología,
Tumor de Músculo Liso/patología,
Neoplasias Uterinas/genética,
Neoplasias Uterinas/patología
La Aspergilosis es una infección micótica oportunista que afecta principalmente a pacientes inmunodeprimidos con neutropenia, en quienes produce a menudo enfermedad invasiva de curso fulminante. Las manifestaciones cutáneas de la Aspergilosis son infrecuentes, apareciendo en el 5 a 10% de los casos di...
Abstract Acute localized exanthematous pustulosis is a localized variant of acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis, which is characterized by the eruption of multiple scattered pustules following drug administration. A 72-year-old woman presented with multiple erythematous pustules on her face, which...
Abstract Cryptococcosis is a fungal infection of opportunistic behavior that is unusual in immunocompetent patients. We report a rare case of disseminated cryptococcosis with cutaneous involvement in an immunocompetent individual. During hospitalization, Cryptococcus gattii was isolated from skin lesions...
Criptococosis/inmunología,
Criptococosis/patología,
Cryptococcus gattii/aislamiento & purificación,
Dermatomicosis/inmunología,
Dermatomicosis/patología,
Inmunocompetencia,
Antifúngicos/uso terapéutico,
Criptococosis/tratamiento farmacológico,
Dermatomicosis/tratamiento farmacológico,
Pulmón/microbiología,
Linfocitosis/complicaciones,
Piel/microbiología,
Piel/patología,
Resultado del Tratamiento
