Statins are widely used nowadays. They are usually safe but sometimes can be associated with the development/ worsening of autoimmune diseases like Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus. Authors describe the case of a female caucasian patient, 74 years-old, that 18 months after initiating therapy with simvastatin developed an annular skin rash on back and shoulders, characterized by erythematous papules and plaques wit...
A wide variety of pathogenically unrelated skin diseases may follow a zosteriform distribution pattern. Zosteriform morphea is a rare and recently described pattern of presentation of this localized sclerosis of the skin. We report the case of a 26-year old woman with morphea presenting with a zosteriform pattern without a preceding herpes zoster infection. She was treated with topical PUVA for a total of 10 se...
The clinical diagnosis of cutaneous sarcomas is not an easy task, mainly due to their complex and hetero- geneous nature. Differential diagnosis may be difficult because there is substantial overlap of clinical features between a sarcoma that develop in superficial tissues (skin and subcutaneous tissue) and benign neoplasm and inflammatory dermatoses. Although not frequent, some types of cutaneous sarcomas have...
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Introduction and Objectives: Phototherapy (UVB alone or in combination with UVA) has been used suc- cessfully in the treatment of severe pruritus associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. This study was performed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of a combination of broad band (BB) - UVB and UVA in the control of intractable renal and HIV pruritus.Material ...
A Psoríase é uma patologia crónica do foro dermatológico que afecta cerca de 2% da população mundial, sendo, por isso, considerada um problema de saúde pública. A fotoquimioterapia envolvendo a administração oral ou tópica de psorelos em associação com a utilização de radiações UVA (PUVA) tem sido aceite como um dos métodos terapêuticos mais eficazes no tratamento da Psoríase. Apesar dos benefícios, o impacto r...
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