ABSTRACT
Dentro de las reacciones adversas a fármacos (RAM), se destacan las farmacodermias por su frecuencia de presentación y por sus variantes clínicas que abarcan manifestaciones agudas graves y crónicas leves, que pueden simular gran variedad de patologías cutáneas. Presentamos el caso de una paciente de sexo femenino de 37 años de edad, con una farmacodermia leve y crónica secundaria a hidroxicloroquina. (AU)
Among adverse drug reactions (ADRs), pharmacodermatics are noteworthy because of their frequency of presentation and their clinical variants that include mild acute and chronic manifestations, which can mimic a wide variety of skin pathologies. We present the case of a female patient of 37 years of age, with a mild and chronic pharmacodermia secondary to hydroxychloroquine. (AU)
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Humans , Female , Adult , Drug Eruptions/diagnosis , Hydroxychloroquine/adverse effects , Clobetasol/therapeutic useABSTRACT
Paraneoplastic dermatomyositis is an inflammatory disease of the connective tissue that is caused by inmmunologic events in the presence of malignant tumors. It is more likely to happen in middle aged women and is related to ovarian, pancreatic, stomach and colon cancer and non Hogdkin lymphoma. We present two cases of dermatomyositis, with amyopathic origin associated to breast cancer. The first case occurs as the neoplasia evolves and the second one as an initial manifestation that leads to the search and subsequent diagnosis of cancer.
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Breast Neoplasms/complications , Dermatomyositis/complications , Paraneoplastic Syndromes/complications , Aged , Breast Neoplasms/pathology , Dermatomyositis/pathology , Fatal Outcome , Female , Humans , Paraneoplastic Syndromes/pathologyABSTRACT
Histoplasmosis is a cosmopolitan mycosis caused by Histoplasma capsulatum. It is endemic of Río de la Plata's riverbed and in immunocompromised patients may be deadly. We present two patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus diagnosed with subacute disseminated histoplasmosis, which is a marker of Acquired Human Immunodeficiency Syndrome. This situation increases the morbimortality, thus forcing clinicians to diagnose and treat rapidly in order to avoid fatal outcomes.
La histoplasmosis es una micosis cosmopolita causada por el Histoplasmacapsulatum. Es un hongo endémico de la cuenca del Río de La Plata que si afecta a inmunosuprimidos puede ser mortal. Presentamos dos pacientes con Virus de Inmunodeficiencia Humana con diagnóstico de histoplasmosis diseminada subaguda. Esta situación los cataloga en estadío de Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida y requiere pronta acción médica para evitar complicaciones.
