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J Cosmet Dermatol ; 23(1): 124-133, 2024 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37526257

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: The most visible sign of facial aging is often seen in the periocular area. However, periocular rejuvenation remains challenging due to the particularity of periocular anatomic locations. AIMS: We aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the fractional-ablative CO2 laser-facilitated recombinant human collagen permeation in periocular rejuvenation. PATIENTS/METHODS: This 3-month prospective single-blinded and self-controlled trial enrolled 26 patients with periocular aging who underwent the treatments of fractional-ablative CO2 laser along with laser-facilitated recombinant human collagen permeation. Following the treatments, the patients were quantitatively assessed by various periocular skin aging indices before and after the treatment and monitored for any related adverse events. RESULTS: The patients showed significant improvements with the periocular skin aging indices 3 months after the treatments, which were detailed with a 47.3% decrease in lower eyelid skin rhytids, a 41.4% decrease in the lower eyelid skin texture, a 35.0% decrease in the static crow's feet, a 29.3% decrease in the amount of upper eyelid laxity, and a 20.2% increase in the MRD1 as compared with baseline (p < 0.05). Moreover, total skin thickness under ultrasound was increased in both upper and lower eyelids (5.6% and 3.3%, p < 0.05, respectively). Moreover, six patients (23.1%, 6/26) had erythema for 2 weeks, and two (2/26, 7.7%) had mild hyperpigmentation for 3 months. CONCLUSIONS: Fractional-ablative CO2 laser combined with laser-facilitated recombinant human collagen permeation can be a safe and effective treatment for periocular rejuvenation.


Assuntos
Terapia a Laser , Lasers de Gás , Envelhecimento da Pele , Humanos , Dióxido de Carbono , Colágeno , Terapia a Laser/efeitos adversos , Lasers de Gás/efeitos adversos , Estudos Prospectivos , Rejuvenescimento , Resultado do Tratamento
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Ther Adv Chronic Dis ; 14: 20406223231195632, 2023.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37655266

RESUMO

Scabies is a contagious skin condition caused by Sarcoptes scabiei, and it is always associated with an intense, unbearable, nocturnal deteriorating itch. Its presentations include classic burrows, erythema, pruritic papules, pustules, vesicles, and inflammatory nodules, with diffuse or localized distribution on the finger webs, wrist flexors, elbows, axillae, buttocks, genitalia, and breasts. Nodular scabies is an uncommon clinical variant of scabies. Its management is still challenging for some patients up to date, although topical, intralesional or systemic corticosteroids, topical calcineurin inhibitors, and crotamiton as well as cryotherapy alone or in different combinations are used. We here report five male patients of nodular scabies, aged between 14 and 25 years, who had classical scabies that had been cured by sulfur ointment for at least 4 weeks except for their itching nodules, and their residual pruritic nodules also failed in previous treatments including antihistamines, topical applying and intralesional injection of steroids as well as topical tacrolimus in different combinations before being recruited to this study. The patients were administered tofacitinib 5 mg, twice a day, which led to excellent and rapid improvement for both lesions and symptoms after 1-4 weeks of treatment, respectively, without any associations. During 6 months of follow-up, only one had re-infection of scabies associated with nodules that were cured by sulfur ointment and tofacitinib again. No adverse reaction was observed. The present results suggested that tofacitinib might be a potential agent for nodular scabies with excellent response.

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Ther Adv Chronic Dis ; 13: 20406223221099335, 2022.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35620189

RESUMO

Erythermalgia, a rare painful disorder, is characterized by recurrent pain attacking, warmth, and erythema that mainly involves the distal extremities. Red ear syndrome shares similar clinical features of erythermalgia afflicting the external ear with unilateral/bilateral distribution. The treatments of both diseases are still difficult without controlled therapeutics available up to date. A 12-year-old boy was referred because of 3 years of recurrent attacking of painful erythema and warmth that involved the ears alone, the episodes occurred several times daily with duration of dozens of minutes to hours for each flare. The symptoms could be relieved by cold water and triggered by heat stimuli as well as exciting and movement, and showed mild response to gabapentin, celecoxib, and topical lidocaine compounds in combination, but moderate to blocking injection of botulinum toxin to nervus auricularis magnus. However, systemic itraconazole 200 mg daily resulted in an excellent response after 5-week treatment, leading to milder erythema, warmth and burning sensation, shorter duration, and fewer relapses. The treatment continued for 6 months and then itraconazole was decreased to 100 mg daily for another 6 months until it was stopped, with maintenance of good conditions. In 3 months of follow-up after the treatment ceased, the patient had only 7 to 8 attacks over 10 days presenting as tolerable erythema that lasted for less than 10 min and relieved spontaneously, with absence of warmth and no need of treatment. We considered the patient to be a variant of erythermalgia rather than a red ear syndrome. The results showed that erythermalgia might involve the ears alone and itraconazole might be a potential agent for its treatment.

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Mycopathologia ; 185(4): 717-726, 2020 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32647906

RESUMO

Talaromyces marneffei is an important opportunistic pathogen mainly afflicting the HIV-infected patients, in rare instance, it could cause infection in non-HIV-infected individuals. We report a 51-year-old Chinese woman who, with histories of SLE for 14 years and disseminated talaromycosis for 4 years, occurred partial intestinal obstruction that was demonstrated to be caused by Talaromyces marneffei infection. The randomly amplified polymorphic DNA results of paraffin-embedded tissues from both the present episode and the previous infection suggested that the present infection was a recurrent. The patient was performed excision of involved intestine and treated with oral itraconazole at a daily dose of 400 mg for 3 months, leading to an excellent response. However, she died with unknown reason more than a year later. We also reviewed the literature on Talaromyces marneffei infection associated with SLE as well as intestinal talaromycosis alone.


Assuntos
Obstrução Intestinal , Lúpus Eritematoso Sistêmico , Micoses , Talaromyces , Feminino , Humanos , Obstrução Intestinal/microbiologia , Lúpus Eritematoso Sistêmico/complicações , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Micoses/diagnóstico , Recidiva
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Ann Transl Med ; 7(5): 107, 2019 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31019957

RESUMO

Scabies is a contagious skin disorder with multiple presentations, it can also cause nosocomial infection sometimes. Bullous scabies is its rare subtype with male predilection, and typically occurs in the elderly with a median age of 70 years. We herein report a 90-year-old man who was hospitalized in the ward presenting with generalized infection of scabies associated with hemorrhagic bullae on both feet and hands, and leading to a prevalence in the ward. All the lesions including the bullae had excellent response to 10% sulfur ointment alone. No relapse occurred in more than 9 months of follow-up.

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J Oral Facial Pain Headache ; 33(3): e15­e18, 2019.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31017985

RESUMO

Erythermalgia is a rare cutaneous disease characterized by episodic attacks of burning pain, erythema, and increased temperature. It primarily involves the extremities, with possible extensions to the ears, face, neck, and scrotum; in rare instances, it may afflict the ears, face, or the scrotum alone. Although various medications alone or in different combinations have been tried with significant variations in response, no recommended therapeutics have been established until very recently. This report presents two case histories of a 20-year-old and a 46-year-old woman, respectively, who displayed intermittent facial erythema associated with warmth and pain during the episodes and who presented normal between episodes. Both had good response to combinative treatments of systemic medication and topical lidocaine compounds. The younger was disease-free after more than 4 years of follow-up, and the older had recurrence after stopping the treatment. Conclusion: Erythermalgia may involve the face alone, and combinative approaches may be of choice for its treatment. Topical lidocaine compounds are considered to be a good option for palliative treatment.


Assuntos
Eritromelalgia , Feminino , Humanos , Lidocaína , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Dor , Pele
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Am J Mens Health ; 13(1): 1557988319825774, 2019.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30819069

RESUMO

Hair growing inside the skin and burrowing in the uppermost dermis, previously termed as "ingrowing hair," is a rarely reported cutaneous disorder. Up to July 31, 2018, only five cases have been reported, all were male. The authors report two Chinese Han men, 26-year-old and 31-year-old respectively, presenting with progressive extending black lines inside the skin on the right mandibular angle and the neck respectively. The black lines were finally demonstrated as growing beard hairs. The 26-year-old man was cured after the hair was pulled out, whereas the 31-year-old patient had re-occurrence after the initial hair was extracted and was cured finally by destroying the individual beard follicle. The authors would prefer the term of "intradermal growing hair" to "ingrowing hair" when describing the condition of hair growing inside the skin and extending in the uppermost dermis. Pulling out the growing hair, and sometimes destroying the beard follicle, may be of choice for its treatment.


Assuntos
Doenças do Cabelo/diagnóstico , Doenças do Cabelo/terapia , Adulto , China , Face , Humanos , Masculino , Pescoço , Recidiva
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Curr Vasc Pharmacol ; 16(5): 510-521, 2018.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28982338

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disorder of unknown etiology. Increasing evidence suggests that psoriasis is probably an angiogenesis-dependent disease. Thalidomide has been reported being able to inhibit the effects of fibroblast growth factor 2 and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and inhibit tumour necrosis factor-alpha synthesis, and suppress tumour necrosis factor-induced nuclear factor-kappa B activation in Jurkat cells, resulting in suppression of proliferation inflammation, angiogenesis, and the immune system, which are related to the pathogenesis of psoriasis. OBJECTIVE: Our study evaluated the influence of thalidomide on the lesional alterations, VEGF expressions and angiogenesis in imiquimod-induced mouse model. METHODS: Balb/c female mice (n=48) 8-12 weeks of age were randomly divided into 6 groups including negative control (vaseline cream), positive control (5% imiquimod cream), and experimental groups including low-dose (10 mg/kg.d), moderate-dose (30 mg/kg.d) and high-dose thalidomide (85 mg/kg.d), and acitretin group (6 mg/kg.d). Serum levels of VEGF-A were quantified by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. VEGF protein expression was measured by western blotting and the microvessel density by immunohistochemical staining. RESULTS: The total psoriasis area and severity index scores in the moderate- and high-dose thalidomide and acitretin groups decreased significantly (p<0.001 for each), and so were the total Baker's scores in the high-dose thalidomide (p=0.008) and acitretin groups (p=0.021). The mean thickness of the epidermis in the experimental and acitretin groups decreased significantly, respectively (p<0.001 for all); the acitretin group was the thinnest. The cutaneous VEGF protein levels down-expressed significantly in the moderate- and high-dose thalidomide groups (p<0.05 for both), while those in the low-dose thalidomide and acitretin did not (p>0.05 for both). There were no differences for serum VEGF-A levels and the density of microvessels among the positive and experimental groups. CONCLUSION: Thalidomide can improve the psoriasis-like lesions and inhibit the expression of cutaneous VEGF in imiquimod-induced psoriatic model with dose-dependence, however, it does not alter circulating VEGF-A levels and microvessel density in dermis.


Assuntos
Inibidores da Angiogênese/farmacologia , Imiquimode , Microvasos/efeitos dos fármacos , Neovascularização Patológica , Psoríase/tratamento farmacológico , Pele/irrigação sanguínea , Pele/efeitos dos fármacos , Talidomida/farmacologia , Fator A de Crescimento do Endotélio Vascular/metabolismo , Acitretina/farmacologia , Animais , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Regulação para Baixo , Feminino , Camundongos Endogâmicos BALB C , Microvasos/metabolismo , Microvasos/patologia , Psoríase/induzido quimicamente , Psoríase/metabolismo , Psoríase/patologia , Transdução de Sinais/efeitos dos fármacos , Pele/metabolismo , Pele/patologia , Fator A de Crescimento do Endotélio Vascular/sangue
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An. bras. dermatol ; 91(5,supl.1): 76-78, Sept.-Oct. 2016. tab, graf
Artigo em Inglês | LILACS | ID: biblio-837916

RESUMO

Abstract Cutaneous reactions associated with interferons (IFNs) treatment are either localized or generalized. The most common presentation of localized reactions at IFNs injection site is usually an erythematous patch or plaque. Local leukocytoclastic vasculitis presenting with cutaneous necrosis is extremely rare. We report a 19-year-old man with hepatitis B who had local leukocytoclastic vasculitis induced by interferon-gama injection at the injection site. After changing the injection sites and using the combined treatment of prednisone and colchicine, the previous lesion healed and no other cutaneous lesion occurred. We also made a mini review of such cases.


Assuntos
Humanos , Masculino , Adulto Jovem , Pele/patologia , Interferon gama/efeitos adversos , Vasculite Leucocitoclástica Cutânea/induzido quimicamente , Pele/efeitos dos fármacos , Prednisona/uso terapêutico , Colchicina/uso terapêutico , Resultado do Tratamento , Vasculite Leucocitoclástica Cutânea/patologia , Vasculite Leucocitoclástica Cutânea/tratamento farmacológico , Eritema/induzido quimicamente , Eritema/patologia , Injeções Subcutâneas/efeitos adversos , Anti-Inflamatórios/uso terapêutico , Necrose/induzido quimicamente , Necrose/patologia
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Am J Trop Med Hyg ; 95(3): 689-93, 2016 Sep 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27402514

RESUMO

Scabies is a common contagious cutaneous disease and usually affects the young, characterized by polymorphous lesions that may present as burrows, pruritic papules, and inflammatory nodules. Bullous scabies (BS) is its rather rare subtype, mimicking bullous pemphigoid. We report a 15-year-old Chinese boy presenting with 1-month history of pruritic bullae on his penile skin, showing poor response to both topical steroids and systemic antihistamines, but cured by sulfur ointment alone. No recurrence occurred in the 5 years of follow-up. We also reviewed the published cases. Up to date, 44 cases, including the present, have been reported. Of them, 30 were male and 14 were female. The age range was from 1 to 89 years old, with a median age of 70.6 years. The bullous lesions may involve the arms, legs, trunk, genitals, feet, buttocks, thighs, neck, inguinal folds, and may even be generalized. Trunk and extremities are the most common involved locations. Facial or mucosa involvement had never been reported. The histological findings present as a subepidermal split with variable inflammatory infiltrate predominantly neutrophils, and eosinophilic spongiosis, or both. Eighteen of 32 patients showed positive deposition of linear-granular IgG or complement 3 alone or in various combinations, and five of 24 patients revealed circulating IgG. All the 40 cases with therapeutic details were cured by antiscabietic remedy. BS always involves the trunk and extremities. It has a predilection for elderlies and males. The treatments for BS are similar to those of classical scabies.


Assuntos
Vesícula/parasitologia , Escabiose/patologia , Pele/patologia , Adolescente , Vesícula/patologia , Humanos , Masculino , Pênis , Pele/parasitologia
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Exp Biol Med (Maywood) ; 241(16): 1733-8, 2016 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27190266

RESUMO

Imiquimod (IMQ)-induced mouse psoriatic model is one of the useful models displaying most of psoriatic features. To compare the modeling efficacy of different IMQ creams, we induced the psoriatic models by topically applying two different brands of IMQ 5% creams to the shaved Balb/c mice skin and assessed the results. Balb/c female mice (n = 24) 8-12 weeks of age were randomly divided into experimental groups A (Likejie), B (Aldara), and control group C (Vaseline); Likejie, Aldara, or Vaseline was topically applied to the back skin for mice in groups A, B, and C, respectively, for six consecutive days. The total psoriasis area and severity index scores of groups A, B, and C were 3.25 ± 1.56, 9.81 ± 0.84, and 0, respectively; the Baker's scores were 2.93 ± 1.07, 6.47 ± 1.50, and 0, respectively; and the epidermis thickness was 49.79 ± 14.16, 85.62 ± 17.55, and 20.04 ± 3.68 µm, respectively. The differences between the three groups in dual were statistically significant (P < 0.005 for the groups in dual). Aldara group showed more characteristic alterations of psoriasiform lesions than that of Likejie both macroscopically and histopathologically. The results suggested that different brands of IMQ creams may result in differential efficacy when performing the IMQ-induced psoriasis mouse models.


Assuntos
Aminoquinolinas/uso terapêutico , Fármacos Dermatológicos/uso terapêutico , Psoríase/tratamento farmacológico , Administração Cutânea , Aminoquinolinas/administração & dosagem , Animais , Fármacos Dermatológicos/administração & dosagem , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Feminino , Imiquimode , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos BALB C , Psoríase/patologia , Pele/efeitos dos fármacos , Pele/patologia , Creme para a Pele , Resultado do Tratamento
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Curr Vasc Pharmacol ; 14(3): 275-9, 2016.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26733387

RESUMO

Psoriasis is a chronic skin disease of unknown aetiology but increasing evidence suggests that cutaneous angiogenesis plays an important role. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is one of the pro-angiogenic cytokines which is related to the pathogenesis of psoriasis. Our study evaluated the influence of imiquimod (IMQ) on VEGF in IMQ-induced mouse model. Balb/c female mice (n=16) 8-12 weeks of age were randomly divided into an experimental group (5% IMQ cream) and the control group (Vaseline cream). Serum levels of circulating VEGF-A were quantified by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. VEGF protein expression in tested skin was measured by western blotting and immunohistochemical staining. The tested skin in the experimental group expressed higher levels of VEGF protein than in the control group (p=0.012); immunohistochemical staining revealed that the cells over-expressing VEGF localized predominantly in the epidermis and vascular endothelium. Circulating VEGF-A levels showed no significant difference between the experimental and control groups (p=0.445). The IMQ-induced mouse psoriatic model showed an upregulation of VEGF in the skin lesions mimicking human psoriasis but the circulating VEGF-A levels showed no difference. This model may be useful to investigate the role of angiogenesis in psoriasis.


Assuntos
Aminoquinolinas/farmacologia , Psoríase/induzido quimicamente , Psoríase/metabolismo , Pele/efeitos dos fármacos , Pele/metabolismo , Fator A de Crescimento do Endotélio Vascular/metabolismo , Animais , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Feminino , Imiquimode , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos BALB C , Neovascularização Patológica/induzido quimicamente , Neovascularização Patológica/metabolismo
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An Bras Dermatol ; 91(5 suppl 1): 76-78, 2016.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28300901

RESUMO

Cutaneous reactions associated with interferons (IFNs) treatment are either localized or generalized. The most common presentation of localized reactions at IFNs injection site is usually an erythematous patch or plaque. Local leukocytoclastic vasculitis presenting with cutaneous necrosis is extremely rare. We report a 19-year-old man with hepatitis B who had local leukocytoclastic vasculitis induced by interferon-gama injection at the injection site. After changing the injection sites and using the combined treatment of prednisone and colchicine, the previous lesion healed and no other cutaneous lesion occurred. We also made a mini review of such cases.


Assuntos
Interferon gama/efeitos adversos , Pele/patologia , Vasculite Leucocitoclástica Cutânea/induzido quimicamente , Anti-Inflamatórios/uso terapêutico , Colchicina/uso terapêutico , Eritema/induzido quimicamente , Eritema/patologia , Humanos , Injeções Subcutâneas/efeitos adversos , Masculino , Necrose/induzido quimicamente , Necrose/patologia , Prednisona/uso terapêutico , Pele/efeitos dos fármacos , Resultado do Tratamento , Vasculite Leucocitoclástica Cutânea/tratamento farmacológico , Vasculite Leucocitoclástica Cutânea/patologia , Adulto Jovem
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Arch Dermatol Res ; 307(2): 99-108, 2015 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25304153

RESUMO

Papular elastorrhexis is a rare cutaneous disorder; only 27 cases have been reported before the present review. We added four new cases, and reviewed the published literature in both English and Chinese language. To data, 31 cases have been reported, in the range of 4-40 years (n = 31, median 20 years, mean age 19.5 years). Among them, only a familial cluster was reported, the ratio of male/female was 11:20. The age for the first detection of the lesions was from 3 to 35.5 years (n = 26, median age 14 years, mean age 15.3 years). The duration between the initial detection of the lesion to consultation was from 3 weeks to 20 years (n = 27, median time 1 year, mean time 3.1 years). Of the 26 patients with details, 9 detected their initial lesions in the first decade, 11 in the second decade, 5 in the third decade and only 1 older than 30 years. Twenty out of 31 patients showed nonfollicular papules while the rest had been not mentioned the condition. The lesions may distribute over trunk, limbs, and rarely on shoulders, scalp, face, mandibula, retroauricular region, occipitocervical, neck, armpits, thighs. Histopathological examination shows focal loss or decrease of elastic fibers, that may also appear thin and fragmented. There may be mild perivascular lymphocytic infiltrate in the dermis. The collagen bundles can be thickened and homogenized, or normal. No suggestive therapies were proposed at present.


Assuntos
Doenças do Tecido Conjuntivo/diagnóstico , Tecido Elástico/patologia , Dermatopatias/diagnóstico , Adolescente , Adulto , Criança , Colágeno/metabolismo , Tecido Elástico/metabolismo , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino
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