ABSTRACT
Brief data are submitted on etiology, clinical course, diagnosis, and treatment of the condition. The authors' personal observations (n = 11) are described. Nine patients presented with a clinical form of migrating erythema, two ones had acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans.
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Lyme Disease/diagnosis , Acrodermatitis/diagnosis , Adolescent , Adult , Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use , Chronic Disease , Diagnosis, Differential , Erythema Chronicum Migrans/diagnosis , Female , Humans , Lyme Disease/drug therapy , Lyme Disease/etiology , Male , Middle AgedABSTRACT
Kept under observation were eight patients with Sweet's syndrome--six men and 2 women aged 25-60. The syndrome was accompanied by fever in 8 patients; in 6 it was preceded by common cold, respiratory diseases; neutrophilia was present in 7 patients. Rash presented as inflammatory spots, 10 am in diameter, was located predominantly in the upper part of the body. Helpful in the treatment of the condition were corticosteroid therapy and potassium iodide.
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Sweet Syndrome/diagnosis , Adult , Drug Therapy, Combination , Female , Glucocorticoids/therapeutic use , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Potassium Iodide/therapeutic use , Prednisolone/therapeutic use , Sweet Syndrome/drug therapyABSTRACT
The clinical course of herpes zoster has been analysed in 132 in-patients and a variety of the clinical forms shown which were initially disguised as the internal diseases. In addition to typical variants, the following types of herpes zoster have been found: gangrenous, bullous, hemorrhagic and disseminated.
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Herpes Zoster/classification , Adolescent , Adult , Age Factors , Aged , Child , Diagnosis, Differential , Female , Herpes Zoster/diagnosis , Humans , Male , Middle AgedABSTRACT
A female patient aged 56 is described, suffering from a cutaneoarticular form of erysipeloid, that developed after application of raw fat at the site of injury to the third toe of the left foot. The process completely regressed within a week after a single intake of sulfalene in a dose of 2.0 g.
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Erysipeloid/pathology , Foot Dermatoses/pathology , Erysipeloid/drug therapy , Erysipeloid/etiology , Female , Foot Dermatoses/drug therapy , Foot Dermatoses/etiology , Humans , Middle Aged , Sulfalene/therapeutic use , Toe JointABSTRACT
A female patient aged 65 is described. Two years after mastectomy for right-side mammary carcinoma she developed herpes zoster round the cicatrix; this condition anticipated metastases. The patient died of cancerous cachexia in 3 months after gangrenous herpes zoster.
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Herpes Zoster/etiology , Paraneoplastic Syndromes/etiology , Aged , Breast Neoplasms/complications , Breast Neoplasms/pathology , Female , Gangrene , Herpes Zoster/pathology , Humans , Neoplasm Metastasis , Paraneoplastic Syndromes/pathology , Skin/pathology , Time FactorsABSTRACT
A 29-year-old patient suffering from Mondor's disease is described. This case is remarkable for the presence of two fragments of subcutaneous cords in the thoracic and abdominal area. Administration of indomethacin for 2 weeks has been fairly effective.
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Phlebitis/pathology , Skin/blood supply , Thoracic Diseases/pathology , Adult , Humans , Male , Phlebitis/diagnosis , Syndrome , Thoracic Diseases/diagnosisABSTRACT
Three colored photo tests are given to a student at the examination in dermatology and venereology. Practical skills of the students are checked up at bedside. Such an examination is remarkable for its practical trend; it involves elements of diagnostic search and develops clinical thinking.
