Wound myiasis: the role of entodermoscopy

Abstract: Although wound or traumatic myiasis is common in tropical countries, only recently cases associated with underlying dermatoses, such as seborrheic dermatitis and psoriasis, have been reported. We describe a patient with seborrheic dermatitis and an ulcerated lesion on the scalp, in which the dermatological examination with the aid of dermoscopy allowed the identification of larvae (maggots) compatible with infestation by Cochliomyia hominivorax. Treatment was performed with oral and topical ivermectin, followed by manual extraction of the larvae.

Yellow dots in trichoscopy: relevance, clinical significance and peculiarities

Abstract: Yellow dots are follicular ostium filled with keratin and/or sebum. Initially, they were exclusively associated with alopecia areata. Currently they have also been described in androgenetic alopecia, chronic cutaneous (discoid) lupus erythematosus, and dissecting cellulitis. Due to the growing importance of trichoscopy and its findings in the evaluation of the scalp, this article describes the main diseases in which yellow dots are a common trichoscopic finding, highlighting its characteristics in each dermatosis.

Psoriatic scarring alopecia / Alopecia cicatricial psoriasica

Psoriasis is a relatively frequent inflammatory dermatosis. Scarring alopecia due to scalp psoriasis was first reported in 1972, but few reports have been written since then, showing that this is a very rare complication of a common disorder. We report a young Brazilian woman with longstanding scalp psoriasis, which progressed to scaring alopecia.

A psoríase é uma dermatose inflamatória que atinge com relativa frequência o couro cabeludo. Alopecia cicatricial devido à psoríase do couro cabeludo foi publicada pela primeira vez em 1972, mas poucos relatos foram escritos desde então. Aqui nós relatamos uma jovem brasileira com psoríase do couro cabeludo de longa data, que evoluiu para alopecia cicatricial.

Ivermectin treatment for massive orbital myiasis in an empty socket with concomitant scalp pediculosis.

We report a rare case of massive orbital myiasis following recent lid injury, occurring in the empty socket of an elderly lady, who had concurrent scalp pediculosis. The orbital myiasis was effectively treated with the broad-spectrum antiparasitic agent, ivermectin, thus precluding the need for an exploratory surgery. Ivermectin was also effective in managing the concurrent scalp pediculosis.

Cutis verticis gyrata: revisión y actualización a propósito de un caso / Cutis verticis gyrata: case report and literature review

Se presenta el caso de una paciente de 49 años con cutis verticis gyrata, enfermedad de muy baja incidencia a la cual Unna, en 1907, le asignó su nombre. El termino describe la hipertrofia y plegamiento de la piel del cuero cabelludo que adopta un aspecto cerebriforme, de fácil distinción clínica pero de dificil diagnóstico etiopatogénico por la multiplicidad de causas que lo pueden ocasionar. Nuestro caso propósito fue clasificado como cutis verticis gyrata, (CVG) primario-esencial y esporádico al no presentar asociaciones

Hemorragia maciça intratumoral em esclerose tuberosa: estudo autóptico de um caso / Massive intratumor hemorrhage in tuberous sclerosis: autopsy study of a case

O caso de um menino com esclerose tuberosa, apresentando o quadro clínico típico e que morreu com hemorragia intratumoral maciça, é estudado. A autópsia parcial de crânio revelou hemorragia cerebral maciça à esquerda, no interior da qual se identificou um tumor que, à microscopia, mostrou se tratar de astrocitoma subependimário de celulas gigantes. Este é o segundo caso, na literatura, no qual um paciente com esclerose tuberosa morre de hemorragia maciça intratumoral, com inundaçäo ventricular