Higher incidence of metabolic syndrome components in vitiligo patients: a prospective cross-sectional study,
Conclusions: Frequency of metabolic syndrome was higher in patients with non-segmental vitiligo and the rate was higher in active/severe form of the disease. (Source: Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia)
Source: Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia - July 6, 2020 Category: Dermatology Source Type: research
Worse survival of invasive melanoma patients in men and "de novo" lesions,
Conclusions: Although the causes are still unknown, melanoma-specific survival was statistically worse for males and for "de novo" melanomas even after adjustment of tumor thickness. (Source: Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia)
Source: Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia - July 6, 2020 Category: Dermatology Source Type: research
Analysis of cardiovascular risk and carotid intima-media thickness in patients with psoriasis,
Conclusions: A moderate to strong positive association was found correlating the Framingham Score values with the quantitative intima media thickness measurement and it is not possible to state which drug has the highest increased cardiovascular risk. (Source: Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia)
Source: Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia - July 6, 2020 Category: Dermatology Source Type: research
Aspects of Langerhans cells and TNF-α in the cutaneous immunity of anogenital warts,
Conclusion: There was no difference in epithelial immunity between patients having few or many anogenital condyloma lesions as measured by the morphology and morphometry of Langerhans cells and TNF- α ; positivity. Such an assessment employing immunity markers differing from the usual ones is expected to yield useful results. (Source: Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia)
Source: Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia - July 6, 2020 Category: Dermatology Source Type: research
Use of psychiatric drugs in Dermatology,
Abstract Patients with psychocutaneous disorders often refuse psychiatric intervention in their first consultations, leaving initial management to the dermatologist. The use of psychotropic agents in dermatological practice, represented by antidepressants, antipsychotics, anxiolytics, and mood stabilizers, should be indicated so that patients receive the most suitable treatment rapidly. It is important for dermatologists to be familiar with the most commonly used drugs for the best management of psychiatric symptoms associated with dermatoses, as well as to manage dermatologic symptoms triggered by psychiatric disorders. (...
Source: Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia - July 6, 2020 Category: Dermatology Source Type: research
Beware of reflectance confocal microscopy artifacts when searching hyphae in acral skin - Reply,
Abstract White fibrous papulosis of the neck is a rare entity, with fewer than 50 cases described. It is a benign pathology whose main interest lies in its broad differential diagnosis, especially with pseudoxanthoma elasticum. The authors report the case of a 77-year-old woman with multiple yellow-white monomorphic papules on the posterior cervical region, with years of evolution. Cutaneous biopsy revealed a nodular area in the superficial and middle reticular dermis, with slight thickening of the collagen fibers and focally enlarged elastic fibers, aspects highlighted in the Verhoeff staining that additionally showed abs...
Source: Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia - March 30, 2020 Category: Dermatology Source Type: research
Beware of reflectance confocal microscopy artifacts when searching hyphae in acral skin,
Abstract White fibrous papulosis of the neck is a rare entity, with fewer than 50 cases described. It is a benign pathology whose main interest lies in its broad differential diagnosis, especially with pseudoxanthoma elasticum. The authors report the case of a 77-year-old woman with multiple yellow-white monomorphic papules on the posterior cervical region, with years of evolution. Cutaneous biopsy revealed a nodular area in the superficial and middle reticular dermis, with slight thickening of the collagen fibers and focally enlarged elastic fibers, aspects highlighted in the Verhoeff staining that additionally showed abs...
Source: Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia - March 30, 2020 Category: Dermatology Source Type: research
Familial fibrosing frontal alopecia in six sisters,
Abstract White fibrous papulosis of the neck is a rare entity, with fewer than 50 cases described. It is a benign pathology whose main interest lies in its broad differential diagnosis, especially with pseudoxanthoma elasticum. The authors report the case of a 77-year-old woman with multiple yellow-white monomorphic papules on the posterior cervical region, with years of evolution. Cutaneous biopsy revealed a nodular area in the superficial and middle reticular dermis, with slight thickening of the collagen fibers and focally enlarged elastic fibers, aspects highlighted in the Verhoeff staining that additionally showed abs...
Source: Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia - March 30, 2020 Category: Dermatology Source Type: research
Anetoderma: an alert for antiphospholipid antibody syndrome,
Abstract White fibrous papulosis of the neck is a rare entity, with fewer than 50 cases described. It is a benign pathology whose main interest lies in its broad differential diagnosis, especially with pseudoxanthoma elasticum. The authors report the case of a 77-year-old woman with multiple yellow-white monomorphic papules on the posterior cervical region, with years of evolution. Cutaneous biopsy revealed a nodular area in the superficial and middle reticular dermis, with slight thickening of the collagen fibers and focally enlarged elastic fibers, aspects highlighted in the Verhoeff staining that additionally showed abs...
Source: Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia - March 30, 2020 Category: Dermatology Source Type: research
Spiky follicular mycosis fungoides and hidradenitis suppurativa-like lesions in a patient - complete remission with interferon alpha,
Abstract White fibrous papulosis of the neck is a rare entity, with fewer than 50 cases described. It is a benign pathology whose main interest lies in its broad differential diagnosis, especially with pseudoxanthoma elasticum. The authors report the case of a 77-year-old woman with multiple yellow-white monomorphic papules on the posterior cervical region, with years of evolution. Cutaneous biopsy revealed a nodular area in the superficial and middle reticular dermis, with slight thickening of the collagen fibers and focally enlarged elastic fibers, aspects highlighted in the Verhoeff staining that additionally showed abs...
Source: Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia - March 30, 2020 Category: Dermatology Source Type: research
A case of linear atrophoderma of Moulin,
Abstract White fibrous papulosis of the neck is a rare entity, with fewer than 50 cases described. It is a benign pathology whose main interest lies in its broad differential diagnosis, especially with pseudoxanthoma elasticum. The authors report the case of a 77-year-old woman with multiple yellow-white monomorphic papules on the posterior cervical region, with years of evolution. Cutaneous biopsy revealed a nodular area in the superficial and middle reticular dermis, with slight thickening of the collagen fibers and focally enlarged elastic fibers, aspects highlighted in the Verhoeff staining that additionally showed abs...
Source: Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia - March 30, 2020 Category: Dermatology Source Type: research
Necrotic xanthogranuloma with disseminated annular lesions,
Abstract White fibrous papulosis of the neck is a rare entity, with fewer than 50 cases described. It is a benign pathology whose main interest lies in its broad differential diagnosis, especially with pseudoxanthoma elasticum. The authors report the case of a 77-year-old woman with multiple yellow-white monomorphic papules on the posterior cervical region, with years of evolution. Cutaneous biopsy revealed a nodular area in the superficial and middle reticular dermis, with slight thickening of the collagen fibers and focally enlarged elastic fibers, aspects highlighted in the Verhoeff staining that additionally showed abs...
Source: Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia - March 30, 2020 Category: Dermatology Source Type: research
Treatment of Kimura's disease with oral corticosteroid and methotrexate,
Abstract White fibrous papulosis of the neck is a rare entity, with fewer than 50 cases described. It is a benign pathology whose main interest lies in its broad differential diagnosis, especially with pseudoxanthoma elasticum. The authors report the case of a 77-year-old woman with multiple yellow-white monomorphic papules on the posterior cervical region, with years of evolution. Cutaneous biopsy revealed a nodular area in the superficial and middle reticular dermis, with slight thickening of the collagen fibers and focally enlarged elastic fibers, aspects highlighted in the Verhoeff staining that additionally showed abs...
Source: Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia - March 30, 2020 Category: Dermatology Source Type: research
Multiple adult xanthogranuloma,
Abstract White fibrous papulosis of the neck is a rare entity, with fewer than 50 cases described. It is a benign pathology whose main interest lies in its broad differential diagnosis, especially with pseudoxanthoma elasticum. The authors report the case of a 77-year-old woman with multiple yellow-white monomorphic papules on the posterior cervical region, with years of evolution. Cutaneous biopsy revealed a nodular area in the superficial and middle reticular dermis, with slight thickening of the collagen fibers and focally enlarged elastic fibers, aspects highlighted in the Verhoeff staining that additionally showed abs...
Source: Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia - March 30, 2020 Category: Dermatology Source Type: research
Papillary syringocystadenoma in an uncommon location,
Abstract White fibrous papulosis of the neck is a rare entity, with fewer than 50 cases described. It is a benign pathology whose main interest lies in its broad differential diagnosis, especially with pseudoxanthoma elasticum. The authors report the case of a 77-year-old woman with multiple yellow-white monomorphic papules on the posterior cervical region, with years of evolution. Cutaneous biopsy revealed a nodular area in the superficial and middle reticular dermis, with slight thickening of the collagen fibers and focally enlarged elastic fibers, aspects highlighted in the Verhoeff staining that additionally showed abs...
Source: Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia - March 30, 2020 Category: Dermatology Source Type: research
