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Patients who are undergoing treatment with bleomycin and develop prurigo or rash should be suspected of bleomycin-induced flagellate erythema and treated early with antihistamines, topical, and oral corticosteroids.
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Elastosis perforans serpiginosa (EPS) is a rare skin disease with elimination of connective tissue fibers from dermis to epidermis. The typical presentation shows hyperkeratotic red or skin-colored papules arranged in a circinate pattern. We present a 26-year-old woman with EPS known to have vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
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Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome/complications , Skin Diseases/diagnosis , Adult , Female , Humans , Skin Diseases/complications , Skin Diseases/pathologySubject(s)
Abdominal Injuries/diagnostic imaging , Angioedemas, Hereditary/diagnostic imaging , Abdominal Injuries/complications , Abdominal Injuries/drug therapy , Abdominal Pain/etiology , Angioedemas, Hereditary/complications , Angioedemas, Hereditary/drug therapy , Child , Complement C1 Inhibitor Protein/therapeutic use , Complement Inactivating Agents/therapeutic use , Diagnosis, Differential , Female , Humans , Treatment Outcome , UltrasonographyABSTRACT
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a rare cause of folliculitis. Pseudomonas folliculitis can develop after contact with contaminated water from swimming pools, hot tubs and spa baths. Systemic therapy may be indicated in patients with widespread lesions, systemic symptoms or in immunosuppressed patients. We describe a 23-year-old healthy woman who developed a pustular rash and general malaise after using a spa bath contaminated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Bacterial culture from a pustule confirmed Pseudomonas folliculitis and the patient was treated with ciprofloxacin with rapid good effect.
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Baths/adverse effects , Folliculitis/microbiology , Pseudomonas Infections/microbiology , Adult , Anti-Infective Agents/therapeutic use , Ciprofloxacin/therapeutic use , Female , Folliculitis/drug therapy , Folliculitis/pathology , Humans , Pseudomonas Infections/drug therapy , Pseudomonas Infections/pathology , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/isolation & purification , Skin/microbiology , Skin/pathology , Water MicrobiologyABSTRACT
Brachioradial pruritus is a characteristic clinical condition with a deep intense itching, tingling or burning sensation localized to the dorsolateral part of the upper extremities. The symptoms occur primarily in the late summer in fair skin type people who are extensively sun-exposed. The condition is difficult to treat and does not respond to topical steroids and antihistamines. We describe a 57-year-old woman with longstanding brachioradial itching due to cervical radiculopathy and sun exposure, which was successfully treated with gabapentin.
