Crohn's disease is a multisystem chronic granulomatous inflammatory disease that primarily affects the gastrointestinal tract. In the majority of the cases, the cutaneous manifestations follow the intestinal disease, but occasionally dermatological lesions are the inaugural event and may constitute the only sign of the disease. Vulvoperineal involvement is rare, may precede bowel symptoms by months to years and...
Abstract Lipomas are among the most common tumors seen in the soft body parts and usually are solitary lesions. The authors report a case of a male patient that presented for evaluation of multiple subcutaneous nodules that caused important functional and cosmetic impairment. The diagnosis of familial multiple lipomatosis was made. Physicians should be able to recognize and characterize this rare disease.
Introdução: Os tumores dos anexos cutâneos representam um grupo heterogéneo de neoplasias benignas e malignas com diferentes diferenciações morfológicas. Material e Métodos: Foi efectuado o estudo retrospectivo dos tumores dos anexos cutâneos diagnosticados na consulta externa do Serviço de Dermatologia do Centro Hospitalar do Porto, EPE-HSA entre 2000 a 2009. Resultados: Foram diagnosticados 404 tumores do...
Cutaneous infection develops because of environmental and local factors, host immunity, and organism adherence and virulence. The authors report a case of exuberant cutaneous ulcers on the buttocks of a diabetic patient. Microbiologic examination allowed the identification of Klebsiella pneumoniae and complete resolution was achieved with the appropriate antibiotic
Pellagra is a nutritional disease caused by the deficiency of niacin. We describe a case of pellagra as the initial presentation of Crohn disease, which has been rarely described in the literature.
Complications may arise after laser therapy of the face. The most common ones are bleeding and infections; facial nerve paresis or paralysis is rarely reported. We describe a case of a transient peripheral facial nerve paralysis after laser therapy of an epidermal verrucous nevus localized at the left preauricular area.
Kaposi sarcoma remains an important cause of morbidity in HIV-infected patients. Regardless of the recent pharmacological progress, treatment of this malignancy is still disappointing. We report the case of a patient with Kaposi sarcoma in an unusual localization, the penis, which completely resolved with highly active antiretroviral therapy alone
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