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Seguimiento de pacientes con atresia biliar: cirugía tardía y desarrollo de lagunas biliares

Rev. chil. pediatr; 88 (5), 2017
Las dilataciones quísticas de las vías biliares, conocidas como lagunas biliares, se han descrito en el seguimiento de los pacientes sometidos a portoenterostomía o cirugía de Kasai por atresia de las vías biliares (AVB). Su aparición se ha asociado con el desarrollo de colangitis y consecuentement...

Granuloma annulare treated with narrowband UVB phototherapy

An. bras. dermatol; 92 (5,supl.1), 2017
Abstract Granuloma annulare is a benign cutaneous inflammatory disease, whose lesions have spontaneous improvement in two years in 50% of cases, but there is recurrence in 40% of patients. Treatment may be topical, intralesional or systemic. The use of phototherapy with narrowband UVB is highlighted, who...

Bilateral clear cell acanthoma of the areola and nipple: good response to topical corticosteroids

An. bras. dermatol; 92 (5,supl.1), 2017
Abstract: Clear cell acanthoma is a rare, epidermal tumor not common in the area of the nipples; indeed, the literature describes only 8 cases, all showing unilateral presentation. We here report the first case of bilateral clear cell acanthoma with good response to topical corticosteroids. Case report:...

Usefulness of the subunit principle in nasal reconstruction

An. bras. dermatol; 92 (5,supl.1), 2017
Abstract The subunit principle in nasal reconstruction proposed the concept of reconstructing the specific topographic subunits that were identified as dorsum, tip, columella, the paired alae, sidewalls, and soft triangles. In patients with more than 50% of subunit loss, removing the remaining portion of...

Periorbital leiomyosarcoma treated by means of conventional surgery and frontal myocutaneous flap

An. bras. dermatol; 92 (5,supl.1), 2017
Abstract Cutaneous leiomyosarcoma is a rare neoplasia, and its periorbital presentation is rather uncommon. We present a case of a male patient who was surgically treated, with the reconstruction performed with a frontal myocutaneous flap. The patient has been followed up for one year with adequate oncol...

Tunneled island flaps in facial defects reconstruction

An. bras. dermatol; 92 (5,supl.1), 2017
Abstract The reconstruction of facial surgical defects is usually challenging for the dermatologic surgeon. Three different cases of facial defects in which tunneled island flaps were used are reported. In 2 cases, wide defects involving the nasal dorsum and ala were repaired using a nasolabial island fl...

Cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa causing refractory skin deformation and pigmentation as sequel

An. bras. dermatol; 92 (5,supl.1), 2017
Abstract: A 39-year-old woman presented with prominent and painful livedo reticularis lesions spreading on her upper and lower extremities. Histopathologically, the small-to medium-sized arteries in the deep dermis and subcutis showed necrotizing vasculitis with cellular infiltration, suggesting cutaneou...

Guillain-Barré syndrome in a patient on adalimumab for the treatment of psoriasis

An. bras. dermatol; 92 (5,supl.1), 2017
Abstract The use of TNF-α inhibitors for the treatment of moderate to severe psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis is increasingly more frequent. The authors report a case of Guillain-Barré syndrome as a late manifestation of the treatment with adalimumab. Although unusual, this is relevant for profess...

Reconstruction of surgical defect of the dorsum of the hand

An. bras. dermatol; 92 (5,supl.1), 2017
Abstract In some cases, keratoacanthomas can be indistinguishable from squamous cell carcinoma, making the gold standard treatment surgical excision with histopathological evaluation. The surgical defects created on the back of the hand can be challenging to repair. We describe the use of bilateral rotat...

Frontal fibrosing alopecia and lichen planus pigmentosus: diagnosis and therapeutic challenge

An. bras. dermatol; 92 (5,supl.1), 2017
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...