Abstract Chemical leukoderma occurs due to the toxic effect of a variety of chemical agents. Mechanisms include either destruction or inhibition of melanocytes. We report two male patients (36 and 51 years old) who presented with multiple hypopigmented macules and patches on the neck, wrist, and legs aft...
Dermatitis Profesional/etiología,
Dermatitis Profesional/patología,
Hipopigmentación/inducido químicamente,
Hipopigmentación/patología,
Ésteres del Ácido Sulfúrico/toxicidad,
Hiperpigmentación/inducido químicamente,
Hiperpigmentación/patología,
Melanocitos/efectos de los fármacos,
Melanocitos/patología,
Piel/efectos de los fármacos,
Piel/patología
Abstract Lupus tumidus is considered a rare subtype of chronic cutaneous lupus erythematosus, characterized by erythema and bright urticarial erythematous-violaceous lesions that leave no scars after regression. Histopathology reveals perivascular and periannexal lymphohistiocytic infiltrates in the papi...
ABSTRACT Objective Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) causes neural and cutaneous disorders and reduced exercise capacity. Exercise/heat exposure increasing internal temperature must be compensated by eccrine sweat function and warmed skin vasodilation. We suspected NF1 could adversely affect eccrine sweat...
Factores de Edad,
Análisis de Varianza,
Regulación de la Temperatura Corporal/fisiología,
Estudios de Casos y Controles,
Neurofibromatosis 1/fisiopatología,
Disautonomías Primarias/fisiopatología,
Valores de Referencia,
Factores Sexuales,
Piel/fisiopatología,
Sudor/fisiología,
Sudoración/fisiología,
Factores de Tiempo
ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Healing is a process that restores the physical integrity of body structures. It is a dynamic, complex, multicellular process that involves the extracellular matrix, cytokines, blood cells, and growth factors. Growth factors are proteins that activate and stimulate cell proliferat...
Abstract Scleromyxedema is a rare chronic cutaneous mucinosis of unknown etiology. It is characterized by papular eruption and scleroderma with microscopic evidence of mucin deposition, fibroblast proliferation, and fibrosis. Most patients with scleromyxedema have monoclonal gammopathy and systemic manif...
Abstract Despite advances in diagnosis and treatment, infective endocarditis still shows considerable morbidity and mortality rates. The dermatological examination in patients with suspected infective endocarditis may prove very useful, as it might reveal suggestive abnormalities of this disease, such as...
Abstract Symmetrical peripheral gangrene is an ischemic necrosis simultaneously involving the distal portions of two or more extremities without any proximal arterial obstruction or vasculitis. It may occur as a result of a large number of infectious and non-infectious causes. A few cases of symmetrical ...
Aneurisma Falso/complicaciones,
Dermatosis del Pie/etiología,
Gangrena/etiología,
Aneurisma Cardíaco/complicaciones,
Aneurisma Falso/diagnóstico por imagen,
Ecocardiografía,
Dermatosis del Pie/patología,
Gangrena/patología,
Aneurisma Cardíaco/diagnóstico por imagen,
Infarto del Miocardio/complicaciones,
Piel/patología,
Disfunción Ventricular Izquierda/complicaciones,
Disfunción Ventricular Izquierda/diagnóstico por imagen
Abstract Porokeratosis is a skin disorder clinically characterized by annular plaques with keratotic borders resembling the Great Wall of China and histopathologically by cornoid lamellae. The disease has several clinical variants. Porokeratosis ptychotropica, which has recently become part of these vari...
Abstract Eosinophilic fasciitis is a rare sclerodermiform syndrome of unknown etiology. It is characterized by the thickening of the muscular fascia and subcutaneous tissue, with a variable infiltration of eosinophils. Peripheral eosinophilia, poly or monoclonal hypergammaglobulinemia and increased eryth...
Eosinofilia/patología,
Fascitis/patología,
Piel/patología,
Biopsia,
Eosinofilia/tratamiento farmacológico,
Extremidades/patología,
Fascitis/tratamiento farmacológico,
Glucocorticoides/uso terapéutico,
Imagen por Resonancia Magnética,
Metilprednisolona/uso terapéutico,
Quimioterapia por Pulso,
Síndrome