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Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Hidradenitis Suppurativa

Hidradenitis suppurativa is a chronic and recurrent inflammatory dermatosis characterized by the presence of inflammatory nodules and abscesses in the apocrine gland-rich areas that may progress to suppurative fistulas and scars. Despite being considered one of the dermatological conditions with the greatest impact on patient quality of life, it is often underdiagnosed. Hidradenitis suppurativa, especially in i...

Passive Smoking and Hidradenitis Suppurativa: a Retrospective Analysis.

Five-Year Risk of Basal Cell Carcinoma Recurrence After a Conventional Surgical...

Introduction: Basal cell carcinomas are mostly treated surgically, mostly by surgery with postoperative histopathologic margin evaluation (“conventional surgery”), but large long-term data regarding recurrence by completeness of excisions is limited. Methods: Retrospective cohort study of basal cell carcinomas treated by conventional surgery at different medical specialties in a large tertiary centre, between 2...

Pain Management in Dermatology (Part I)

Pain is a major clinical symptom in medicine. In the scope of Dermatology, pain occurs most commonly in the surgical setting, but it is also associated with a wide spectrum of chronic medical entities. Control of acute perioperative pain is an indicator of healthcare quality and a significant determinant of procedure morbidity and patient’s satisfaction. Chronic pain is responsible for excessive suffering, poor...

The spectrum of fibroelastolytic papulosis: a retrospective case series.

Introduction: There is an overlap between clinical and pathological features of the entities known as pseudoxanthoma elasticum-like papillary dermal elastolysis (PXE-PDE) and white fibrous papulosis of the neck (WFPN). Although the term fibroelastolytic papulosis has been used to encompass both entities as spectrum variants of a one and only disease, many authors still differentiate the two.Methods: Cases of fi...

Pain Management in Dermatology (Part II)

Pain is a major clinical symptom in medicine. In the scope of Dermatology, pain occurs most commonly in the surgical setting, but it is also associated with a wide spectrum of chronic medical entities. On one hand, postsurgical pain is major cause of dissatisfaction and other negative postsurgical outcomes, such as pain chronification. On the other hand, chronic pain is a major cause of suffering and impaired q...

Photochemotherapy for Recalcitrant Erythema Annulare Centrifugum: A Promising T...

Erythema annulare centrifugum is a dermatosis of unknown aetiology which usually follows a self-limiting course. Nevertheless, some cases tend to chronicity, especially when a culprit stimulus is not found, and can be challenging to treat. A 24-year-old male presented with a 3-year history of persistent plaques with polycyclic outlines and an infiltrated rim on the forearms, buttocks and thighs. After histopath...

Regional Neck Metastization of Head and Neck Skin Cancer

Skin cancer is the most frequent cancer, with higher incidence in head and neck, due to chronic sun exposure. The risk of neck metastasis depends on their histology and staging. Melanoma and Merkel carcinoma with N0 neck stage, have a probability of locorregional micrometastases around 20% and from 20-50% respectively. Squamous cell carcinoma has a risk from 5 up to 20%. However, there are several factors, incl...

Pseudoainhum in a Patient with Mixed Connective Tissue Disease: An Uncommon Ass...

The term pseudoainhum is used to describe constricting band(s) around one or more digits in relation to several congenital or acquired diseases. Systemic sclerosis, keratoderma, psoriasis, Reynolds syndrome among others, has been reported to be associated with pseudoainhum development. We report a case of a 54 years old woman with annular constricting bands and micronychia on the fourth and fifth digits of her ...

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS AND NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE GENITAL INFECTION IN ASYMPTOMAT...

Introduction: Genital infection by Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) is common and may be asymptomatic, particularly for CT. The availability of nucleic acid amplification tests with high diagnostic sensibility and specificity allowed implementing routine screening in Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) Clinics. We aimed to determine the prevalence of genital infection by these bacteri...