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Juvenile systemic sclerosis: review of 15 patients

Neonatal meningitis associated with osteomyelitis and epidural empyema.

Neonatal meningitis is a serious disease with significant mortality and morbidity. Its signs and symptoms are subtle, non-specific, atypical or absent. Cephalohaematoma is frequent in newborns and complications are uncommon, including local infection after haematogenous spread in the setting of bacteraemia or meningitis with a possibility of osteomyelitis, epidural abscess and subdural empyema. We report the cas...

Depressão nos adolescentes – mito ou realidade?

RESUMO Introdução: A adolescência é um período de grandes mudanças a nível biopsicossocial, o que torna esta fase mais vulnerável a alterações psicológicas. A depressão surge como uma entidade clínica cada vez mais prevalente, podendo ser precursora de psicopatologia no adulto. Objetivos: Avaliar a prevalência e caracterizar a população de adolescentes com síndrome depressivo na consulta de adolescência. Materi...

Late onset Ito's nevus

Dermal melanocytoses include a variety of congenital and acquired melanocytic lesions characterised by the presence of multiple spindle-shaped dendritic melanocytes in the dermis. These lesions are commonly found in the skin of Asians, but they can also appear in Caucasians. The Mongolian spot, nevi of Ota and Ito are the most common morphological forms. We report a case of a 24-year-old Caucasian woman present...

Rapidly lethal dermatomyositis associated with cutaneous lymphangitis carcinoma...

A 70-year-old woman with a recent diagnosis of dermatomyositis (DM) presented to the dermatology department for study of a probably paraneoplastic syndrome. On examination, we observed discrete, indurated, reddish, painful plaques and nodules on her abdomen and both thighs. A cutaneous biopsy from an abdominal nodule, performed as part of the paraneoplastic workup, was suggestive of cutaneous lymphangitis carci...

Bleomycin-induced flagellate hyperpigmentation

Bleomycin is a chemotherapeutic agent used in the treatment of different tumours. It has several side effects, including flagellate hyperpigmentation, which is a unique and a well-documented side effect of bleomycin therapy. We report a case of a 23-year-old woman with a personal history of ovarian dysgerminoma, who developed flagellate hyperpigmentation on trunk after bleomycin therapy.

Schimmelpenning syndrome

Schimmelpenning syndrome (SS) includes an organoid nevus that follows the lines of Blaschko and defects of brain, eyes, bones, or other systems. We report a case of a 3-month old female infant, who presented with several thin plaques, with irregular borders, yellowish color, which had a verrucous appearance, following the lines of Blaschko, mainly occupying the left side of posterior trunk, the left face, the r...

Schimmelpenning syndrome

Schimmelpenning syndrome (SS) includes an organoid nevus that follows the lines of Blaschko and defects of brain, eyes, bones, or other systems. We report a case of a 3-month old female infant, who presented with several thin plaques, with irregular borders, yellowish color, which had a verrucous appearance, following the lines of Blaschko, mainly occupying the left side of posterior trunk, the left face, the r...

Late onset Ito's nevus

Dermal melanocytoses include a variety of congenital and acquired melanocytic lesions characterised by the presence of multiple spindle-shaped dendritic melanocytes in the dermis. These lesions are commonly found in the skin of Asians, but they can also appear in Caucasians. The Mongolian spot, nevi of Ota and Ito are the most common morphological forms. We report a case of a 24-year-old Caucasian woman present...

Rapidly lethal dermatomyositis associated with cutaneous lymphangitis carcinoma...

A 70-year-old woman with a recent diagnosis of dermatomyositis (DM) presented to the dermatology department for study of a probably paraneoplastic syndrome. On examination, we observed discrete, indurated, reddish, painful plaques and nodules on her abdomen and both thighs. A cutaneous biopsy from an abdominal nodule, performed as part of the paraneoplastic workup, was suggestive of cutaneous lymphangitis carci...