ABSTRACT
A elastose perfurante serpiginosa é uma dermatose perfurante rara caracterizada pela eliminação transepidérmica de fibras elásticas alteradas. A etiologia é desconhecida, mas alguns casos têm sido associados a alterações genéticas. É mais freqüente em jovens do sexo masculino na 2ª década de vida. O quadro clínico caracteriza-se por pápulas umbilicadas, com centro córneo, localizadas principalmente no pescoço e dispostas em padrão serpiginoso. Pode ser classificada em idiopática, reativa (associada a doenças do tecido conjuntivo) e induzida por penicilamina. Diferentes modalidades terapêuticas são descritas na literatura. Neste artigo descreve-se um caso de elastose perfurante serpiginosa em paciente do sexo feminino com 47 anos, com doença de Wilson, em uso prolongado de penicilamina
Elastosis perforans serpiginosa is a rare reactive perforanting dermatosis characterized by a process of transepidermal elimination of elastic fibers. The cause is unknown, but a genetically determined defect of elastic tissue has been proposed. Commonly occur in young persons in the second decade, with a higher incidence among males. Clinically, umbilicated papules with a central plug appear characteristically on the neck, creating the elevated serpiginous border. It has been characterized in idiopathic, reactive (with associated connective tissue disease) and penicillamine-induced. Different options of treatment have been described in the literature. We describe a 47-year-old female with elastosis perforans serpiginosa and Wilson?s disease who has been treated with longterm penicillamine therapy
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Humans , Female , Middle Aged , Elastic Tissue , Hepatolenticular Degeneration , Penicillamine , Skin DiseasesABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To assess the frequency of hypertension in chagasic patients, as well as its clinical behavior and cardiologic findings. METHODS: We carried out a retrospective study with 225 patients with chronic Chagas' disease and hypertension (104 males), mean age of 55.1 ± 11.8. These patients were being followed up in the outpatient care clinics from 1984 to 2000. The study assessed the clinical, electrocardiographic, and radiological viewpoints. RESULTS: Of the 225 hypertensive patients (prevalence = 33.3 percent), 78 (34.7 percent) had mild hypertension, 108 (48 percent) had moderate hypertension, and 39 (17.3 percent) had severe hypertension. The association of left anterosuperior divisional block and right bundle-branch block occurred in 39 cases (17.3 percent), and enlargement of the cardiac area on radiological examination occurred in 93 (44.9 percent) of the 207 cases studied. The undetermined form of Chagas' disease was the most prevalent, 30.2 percent of the cases, followed by the form associated with conduction disorders in 27.1 percent, and the isolated form of conduction disorders in 21.3 percent. CONCLUSION: Chagasic patients had a frequency of hypertension similar to that of the general population, and the clinical profile of the hypertensive chagasic patients seemed not to differ a lot from that of the chagasic patients