Abstract Trigeminal trophic syndrome is an uncommon cause of facial ulcers, that affects the sensitive area of the trigeminal nerve. We present the case of an 84-year-old patient with ulcerated facial trigeminal trophic syndrome, and report the development of a clinico-dermoscopic approach for his clinic...
Abstract: Blue nevus is a benign melanocytic lesion, typically asymptomatic and of unknown etiology. Many histological subtypes are recognized, the most commons being: common blue nevus, cellular blue nevus, and combined blue nevus. New rare variants have been described in the literature, with emphasis o...
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 The coiled and dotted vessels in a serpiginous arrangement or "string of pearls" is considered a classical vascular pattern associated with clear cell acanthoma. We present three cases of epidermal tumors different from clear cell acanthoma that have the same "string of pearls" vascular pattern....
Abstract This report describes the usefulness of dermoscopy as a supportive diagnostic tool in a pseudomonas folliculitis case....
Dermoscopía/métodos,
Foliculitis/diagnóstico por imagen,
Foliculitis/microbiología,
Infecciones por Pseudomonas/diagnóstico por imagen,
Diagnóstico Diferencial,
Foliculitis/patología,
Infecciones por Pseudomonas/patología,
Pseudomonas aeruginosa/aislamiento & purificación,
Reproducibilidad de los Resultados,
Piel/diagnóstico por imagen,
Piel/microbiología
Abstract BACKGROUND: Dermatoscopy is a non-invasive diagnostic tool used to examine skin lesions with an optical magnification. It has been suggested as a useful tool for monitoring therapeutic response in lentigo maligna patients treated with imiquimod. OBJECTIVE: To examine the accuracy of dermatosco...
Aminoquinolinas/uso terapéutico,
Antineoplásicos/uso terapéutico,
Carcinoma Basocelular/diagnóstico por imagen,
Carcinoma Basocelular/tratamiento farmacológico,
Dermoscopía/métodos,
Neoplasias Cutáneas/diagnóstico por imagen,
Carcinoma Basocelular/patología,
Trastornos de la Pigmentación/diagnóstico por imagen,
Trastornos de la Pigmentación/tratamiento farmacológico,
Trastornos de la Pigmentación/patología,
Estudios Prospectivos,
Reproducibilidad de los Resultados,
Piel/patología,
Neoplasias Cutáneas/patología,
Factores de Tiempo,
Resultado del Tratamiento
Abstract Subungual melanoma represents 20% of all melanomas in Hispanic population. Here, we report the outcome of 15 patients with in situ subungual melanoma treated with resection of the nail unit with a 5-mm margin without amputation, followed up for 55.93 ± 43.08 months. The most common complication...
Melanoma/cirugía,
Enfermedades de la Uña/cirugía,
Neoplasias Cutáneas/cirugía,
Biopsia,
Dermoscopía,
Estudios de Seguimiento,
Melanoma/patología,
Enfermedades de la Uña/patología,
Recurrencia Local de Neoplasia,
Reproducibilidad de los Resultados,
Neoplasias Cutáneas/patología,
Factores de Tiempo,
Resultado del Tratamiento
Abstract Tinea faciei is a relatively uncommon dermatophyte infection entailing atypical clinical symptoms, usually misdiagnosed and treated with corticosteroids. The authors describe a case of tinea faciei on the right eyebrow caused by Trichophyton interdigitale. The patient was an 18-year-old girl, wh...
Cejas/microbiología,
Cejas/patología,
Dermatosis Facial/microbiología,
Dermatosis Facial/patología,
Tiña/patología,
Trichophyton/aislamiento & purificación,
Antifúngicos/uso terapéutico,
Dermoscopía,
Dermatosis Facial/tratamiento farmacológico,
Microscopía Electrónica de Rastreo,
Naftalenos/uso terapéutico,
Tiña/tratamiento farmacológico,
Resultado del Tratamiento,
Ureasa/análisis
Abstract: Background: Pigmented purpuric dermatosis is a chronic skin disorder of unknown aetiology characterised by symmetrical petechial and pigmented macules, often confined to the lower limbs. The aetiology of pigmented purpuric dermatosis is unknown. Dermatoscopy is a non-invasive diagnostic techni...
