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Systemic elastorrhexis is a multisystem genetic disorder characterised by dystrophic mineralization of soft connective tissues in a number of organs, including the skin, the eyes and the arterial blood vessels. Although the eye and skin findings have for years attracted the attention of ophthalmologists and dermatologists, the systemic nature of the disorder has not received sufficient attention among internists and many patients with this disorder have undoubtedly been unrecognized. We reported a case of systemic elastorrhexis redressing the diagnosis of vascular leucoencephalopathy of an unknown aetiology for many years.
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Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum/pathology , Humans , Male , Middle AgedSubject(s)
Myasthenia Gravis/complications , Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris/complications , Adult , Female , HumansABSTRACT
Cutaneous tuberculosis is rare. Its occurrence in multifocal tuberculosis (MT) is uncommon and happens frequently in the context of immunosuppression. We report the case of MT with multiple cutaneous gummas and bone and lung involvement that occurred in an apparently immunocompetent patient.
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Tuberculosis, Cutaneous/diagnosis , Antitubercular Agents/therapeutic use , Clavicle/microbiology , Drug Therapy, Combination , Ethambutol/therapeutic use , Humans , Immunocompetence , Isoniazid/therapeutic use , Male , Morocco , Pyrazinamide/therapeutic use , Rifampin/therapeutic use , Skin Ulcer/etiology , Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular/complications , Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/complications , Young AdultABSTRACT
Hereditary spherocytosis (HS) is a familial hemolytic disorder with marked heterogeneity. A refractory chronic leg ulcer is an uncommon complication of HS, reported in fewer than two percent of patients. We present the case of a 28-year-old man who was suffering from a leg ulcer and was unresponsive to treatment of two years' duration with various conservative modalities. He had been suffering from repeated attacks of jaundice, pallor, and splenomegaly since he was 10 years old. Upon admission, physical and laboratory findings revealed moderate HS. However, complete clearance of the leg ulcer was not achieved until two months after a splenectomy.
