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Bullous hemorrhagic dermatosis is an adverse reaction occurring within 5 to 21 days after anticoagulation; the diagnosis is to be evoked in the presence of hemorrhagic bullous lesions at a distance from the injection site in the days following the introduction of anticoagulant; this is a diagnosis of exclusion. It is a rare pathology that mainly affects the elderly. A 54-year-old man presented with bullous hemorrhagic lesions on the left upper limb starting at the 4th day after enoxaparin injection, diagnosed as a bullous hemorrhagic dermatosis induced by enoxaparin. We report the first case of bullous hemorrhagic dermatosis induced by enoxaparin in Madagascar.
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The treatment of parotid hemangiomas has posed a challenge. A male infant presented with large hemangioma of the right parotid gland diagnosed at the age of 3 months. Starting at the age of 4 months, he was treated with oral propranolol for 10 months, which led to a marked reduction in tumor size and strawberry hemangioma. Our case shows that propranolol is effective and safe in treating large parotid infantile hemangioma.
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BACKGROUND: Although atopic dermatitis (AD) is becoming a pressing public health concern in the world, Madagascar is underrepresented in the AD literature. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to study the demographic and clinical pattern of AD in adult dermatology outpatients. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the Department of Dermatology, University Hospital, Antananarivo, Madagascar. Patients >15 years old with a registered diagnosis of AD, from January 2010 to February 2019, were included. AD was diagnosed by a dermatologist according to Hanifin and Rajka criteria. The severity of AD was assessed using scoring atopic dermatitis (SCORAD). RESULTS: Forty-two cases of AD were included. The prevalence was 0.5%. The median patient age was 37 years. The age of onset of AD was before the age of 15 years in 38% of the patients and after the age of 15 years in 61.9% of the patients. There was a female preponderance (female to male ratio, 2:1), but no correlation was found between sex and the severity of AD. People living in urban areas were the most affected. According to SCORAD, 37 cases presented moderate AD and 2 cases presented severe AD. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of AD in adult dermatology outpatients is still low, and moderate AD is the most frequent form, according to SCORAD.
