Abstract Background: Lichen planus is a chronic inflammatory mucocutaneous disease. Recent studies have suggested that it is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular comorbidities. Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess and compare arterial stiffness and cardiovascular hemodynami...
Enfermedades Cardiovasculares/diagnóstico por imagen,
Enfermedades Cardiovasculares/etiología,
Enfermedades Cardiovasculares/fisiopatología,
Estudios de Casos y Controles,
Ecocardiografía,
Corazón/fisiopatología,
Hemodinámica/fisiología,
Liquen Plano/complicaciones,
Liquen Plano/fisiopatología,
Modelos Lineales,
Manometría/métodos,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Valores de Referencia,
Estadísticas no Paramétricas,
Factores de Tiempo,
Rigidez Vascular/fisiología
Summary An 82-year-old man sought our service with dysphagia and was referred for upper endoscopy with biopsies, which evidenced multiple ulcers of the esophagus and oropharinx. Histopathology confirmed the unusual diagnosis of esophageal lichen planus. The correct clinical suspicion of this disease can ...
Biopsia,
Trastornos de Deglución/diagnóstico por imagen,
Trastornos de Deglución/etiología,
Células Epiteliales/patología,
Enfermedades del Esófago/complicaciones,
Enfermedades del Esófago/diagnóstico por imagen,
Enfermedades del Esófago/patología,
Esofagoscopía,
Liquen Plano/complicaciones,
Liquen Plano/diagnóstico por imagen,
Liquen Plano/patología,
Linfocitos T/patología
Abstract We present the case of a 72-year-old Caucasian woman with frontal fibrosing alopecia of one year's duration. Eighteen months later, she presented with sudden hyperpigmentation on the submental area, neck and upper chest. Histopathological examination was consistent with lichen planus pigmentosus...
ABSTRACT Lichen planus (LP) is an autoimmune, inflammatory disease of unknown etiology that commonly affects the skin and mucous membranes. Retinal vasculitis is a group of vision-threatening disorders, in which autoimmunity is thought to play a role in pathogenesis. We present the case of a patient who ...
Abstract We describe a fifty-six-year old, Afro-descendent female patient showing dystrophy of her twenty nails and hyperchromic, asymptomatic macule on her face. Histopathological examination of the macule showed vacuolization of the basal layer, melanophages in the superficial dermis and lymphoplasmocy...
ABSTRACT Purpose to investigate whether patients with lichen planus (LP) are really prone to urolithiasis or not. Patients and Methods We performed a prospective analysis of 40 patients diagnosed with lichen planus (LP) (group I), and 40 volunteers did not have LP before (group II). Participants were...
Calcio/sangre,
Citrato de Calcio/orina,
Estudios de Casos y Controles,
Creatinina/orina,
Liquen Plano/complicaciones,
Liquen Plano/orina,
Magnesio/orina,
Enfermedades Metabólicas/complicaciones,
Enfermedades Metabólicas/orina,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Oxalatos/orina,
Estudios Prospectivos,
Valores de Referencia,
Factores de Riesgo,
Sodio/orina,
Ácido Úrico/sangre,
Ácido Úrico/orina,
Urinálisis,
Urolitiasis/etiología,
Urolitiasis/orina
El liquen plano afecta al 0,3 por ciento a 0,8 por ciento de la población general. La seroprevalencia para virus hepatitis C (VHC) en donantes de sangre en Chile es de 0,3 por ciento a 0,6 por ciento. Varios autores han comunicado una mayor prevalencia de la infección crónica por VHC en pacientes con ...
Após a identificação do vírus da hepatite C (HCV), em 1989, diversos estudos vêm demonstrando a "relação" deste agente viral com desordens imunológicas e manifestações, tidas como extra-hepáticas, tornando-se a mais relevante a crioglobulinemia mista. O presente trabalho visa rever estas manif...
