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Las verrugas vulgares son uno de los procesos patológicos más frecuentes dentro de una consulta de dermatología, alcanzando una cifra cercana al 20 por ciento en la población general. Dentro del ámbito militar, en soldados de reemplazo, esta cifra es aún mayor, acercándose a 1/3 de las consultas hospitalarias en nuestra especialidad. En este artículo planteamos una actualización de los distintos métodos terapéuticos de que disponemos y las posibilidades de uso de cada uno de ellos según el medio en que nos encontremos, así como la necesidad de tratar las verrugas vulgares, y de no dejarlas a su evolución natural (AU)
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Adult , Male , Humans , Warts/therapy , Papillomaviridae/pathogenicity , Warts/epidemiology , Military Personnel , Laser Therapy , Cryotherapy , Caustics/therapeutic use , Lactic Acid/therapeutic useABSTRACT
Two cases of herpetic intraoral infection, in inmunodepressed patients, are presented. We emphasize its diagnosis and therapeutical aspects. A bibliographic review is done.
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Immunosuppression Therapy/adverse effects , Stomatitis, Herpetic/etiology , Acyclovir , Adult , Humans , Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/complications , Male , Middle Aged , Opportunistic InfectionsABSTRACT
Four cases of tuberous sclerosis in two families are presented. We studied the oral manifestations of the disease and we suggest that dental pits should be taken as clinical markers for diagnosis in oligosymptomatic cases. We found that feature in all patients affected by tuberous sclerosis.
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Tooth Diseases/genetics , Tuberous Sclerosis/genetics , Abnormalities, Multiple , Adolescent , Adult , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Tooth Diseases/etiology , Tuberous Sclerosis/complicationsABSTRACT
Cutaneous lesions of eight patients evacuated from the Iran-Iraq war zone are reported. The patients were exposed to mustard gas, and there was a spectrum of dermatologic lesions. In the mild cases only there was a sunburnlike erythema, but in the most severe cases this erythema was followed by large and disseminated bullae, which histologically showed a subepidermal location with full-thickness epidermal necrosis. The resorption of these blisters was followed by hyperpigmentation, which was more evident in the intertriginous areas. In these last cases there also were ocular, respiratory, and gastrointestinal manifestations. In the skin this mustard gas seems to act through a primary irritant mechanism and without allergic contact sensitization.
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Chemical Warfare , Mustard Compounds/adverse effects , Mustard Gas/adverse effects , Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous/chemically induced , Adolescent , Adult , Burns, Chemical/etiology , Epidermis/pathology , Erythema/chemically induced , Female , Humans , Iran , Iraq , Male , Necrosis , Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous/pathology , Skin Pigmentation/drug effectsABSTRACT
Two cases of metastatic umbilical carcinoma (Sister Mary Joseph's nodule) are reported. In one of the cases, the umbilical metastasis was the first sign of the disease, whereas in the other case, the patient had a 5-year history of internal malignancy when the umbilical nodule appeared. In both cases, the cutaneous metastasis was followed by death in a short period of time.
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Adenocarcinoma/secondary , Skin Neoplasms/secondary , Umbilicus/pathology , Adenocarcinoma/pathology , Aged , Colonic Neoplasms , Female , Humans , Male , Skin Neoplasms/pathologyABSTRACT
We report a case of a previously diagnosed patient of Hodgkin's disease, nodular sclerosis type and IVLDB stage. This patient subsequently presented a dermatologic nodule. A specimen cutaneous biopsy was performed and the histopathologic study demonstrated a dermal infiltrate with many classic Reed-Sternberg giant cells. These findings were consistent with the skin involvement in Hodgkin's disease. Specific cutaneous lesions are rare in this lymphoma and therefore it may be argued that our patient had a lymphomatoid papulosis. However, the protracted clinical course would not support this concept, because the dermatologic lesion responded to chemotherapy and it is well-known that the clinical course of the lymphomatoid papulosis is unaffected by these treatments. We concluded that our patient is a case of specific skin involvement in Hodgkin's disease.
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Hodgkin Disease/pathology , Skin Neoplasms/pathology , Adult , Diagnosis, Differential , Hodgkin Disease/diagnosis , Humans , Male , Neoplasm Invasiveness , Skin/pathology , Skin Diseases/diagnosis , Skin Neoplasms/diagnosisABSTRACT
The pit-shaped enamel defects seem to be pathognomonic of tuberous sclerosis and its detection may be an important help in the early diagnosis of this disease, especially in oligosymptomatic cases and when the dermatologic signs are still absent or only slightly evident.
