Abstract: Ashy dermatosis is a rare condition, of unknown aetiology, in which mucous membranes are typically spared. The authors report the case of a 57-year-old female with a history of asymptomatic gray-bluish macules located on the trunk and oral mucosa. There were no relief changes on examination. Sk...
Antiinflamatorios/uso terapéutico,
Biopsia,
Clofazimina/uso terapéutico,
Eritema/tratamiento farmacológico,
Eritema/patología,
Hiperpigmentación/patología,
Enfermedades de la Boca/tratamiento farmacológico,
Enfermedades de la Boca/patología,
Mucosa Bucal/patología,
Enfermedades Raras/tratamiento farmacológico,
Enfermedades Raras/patología,
Piel/patología
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: 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
Abstract Rosacea fulminans or pyoderma faciale is a rare cutaneous disorder that usually affects women usually between the ages of 15-46. The disease is characterized by sudden onset of papules, pustules, cysts, and painful coalescing nodules with red-cyanotic centrofacial erythema. Although its etiology...
Antibacterianos/uso terapéutico,
Doxiciclina/uso terapéutico,
Dermatosis Facial/tratamiento farmacológico,
Dermatosis Facial/patología,
Rosácea/tratamiento farmacológico,
Rosácea/patología,
Epidermis/patología,
Eritema/tratamiento farmacológico,
Eritema/patología,
Necrosis,
Resultado del Tratamiento
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 Childhood linear immunoglobulin A dermatosis is a rare autoimmune vesiculobullous disease. It results in linear deposition of autoantibodies (immunoglobulin A) against antigens in the basal membrane zone, leading to subepidermal cleavage. Additional depositions of immunoglobulin G and complement...
Abstract Early malignant syphilis is a rare and severe variant of secondary syphilis. It is clinically characterized by lesions, which can suppurate and be accompanied by systemic symptoms such as high fever, asthenia, myalgia, and torpor state. We report a diabetic patient with characteristic features o...
Abstract Erythema ab igne is a condition characterized by skin changes due to chronic exposure to moderate temperature. We describe a female patient with continuous use of a laptop computer on exposed legs for 6 months and consequent development of reticulated hyperpigmentation at the area. Histopatholog...
Abstract Morbihan syndrome is a rare entity that more commonly affects women in the third or fourth decade of life. It is considered a special form of rosacea and its pathogenesis is not fully known. It is clinically characterized by the slow appearance of erythema and solid edemas on the upper portion o...
