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Dietary patterns of patients with psoriasis at a public healthcare institution ...
Polo,Tatiana Cristina Figueira; Corrente,José Eduardo; Miot,Luciane Donida Bartoli; Papini,Silvia Justina; Miot,Hélio AmanteAbstract Background Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory disease with systemic repercussions and an association with comorbidities such as metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular diseases, and obesity. Psoriasis patients have a higher prevalence of obesity compared to the general population. Diet is a relevant environmental factor, since malnutrition, inadequate body weight, and metabolic diseases, in addition to the...
Case for diagnosis. Noninfectious suppurative panniculitis induced by mesothera...
Campos,Luana Moraes; Miot,Luciane Donida Bartoli; Marques,Mariângela Esther Alencar; Miot,Hélio AmanteAbstract A 28-year-old white female patient presented with multiple erythematous-to-violaceous, painful, suppurative nodules on the buttocks and thighs that appeared after two weeks of mesotherapy with deoxycholate, caffeine, sunflower liposomes, and sinetrol for localized fat. She was treated for atypical mycobacteriosis, but with no satisfactory response after antibiotic therapy. Bacterial, mycobacterial, and...
Development and validation of a multidimensional questionnaire for evaluating q...
Pollo,Camila Fernandes; Miot,Luciane Donida Bartoli; Meneguin,Silmara; Miot,Hélio AmanteAbstract: BACKGROUND: Melasma has a major impact on quality of life. MELASQoL is the only validated specific psychometric instrument to evaluate melasma QoL. OBJECTIVE: To develop and validate a multidimensional questionnaire for evaluating quality of life related to facial melasma. METHODS: Cross-sectional study performed in 2 institutions (public and private) from Brazil. Two focus groups were carried out: 5 ...
Psychometrican analysis and dimensional structure of the Brazilian version of m...
Maranzatto,Camila Fernandes Pollo; Miot,Hélio Amante; Miot,Luciane Donida Bartoli; Meneguin,SilmaraAbstract: Background: Although asymptomatic, melasma inflicts significant impact on quality of life. MELASQoL is the main instrument used to assess quality of life associated with melasma, it has been validated in several languages, but its latent dimensional structure and psychometric properties haven´t been fully explored. Objectives: To evaluate psychometric characteristics, information and dimensional struc...
Melasma: a clinical and epidemiological review
Handel,Ana Carolina; Miot,Luciane Donida Bartoli; Miot,Hélio AmanteMelasma is a chronic acquired hypermelanosis of the skin, characterized by irregular brown macules symmetrically distributed on sun-exposed areas of the body, particularly on the face. It is a common cause of demand for dermatological care that affects mainly women (especially during the menacme), and more pigmented phenotypes (Fitzpatrick skin types III-V). Due to its frequent facial involvement, the disease h...
Time needed to schedule dermatological consultations in Brazil
Miot,Hélio Amante; Miot,Luciane Donida BartoliBACKGROUND: It is not clear what the population's demand for dermatologists is, nor how many professionals are needed in order to provide adequate care in this area of expertise. Knowledge of the flow of patients at dermatological clinics throughout the country allows for the formation of expansion and distribution policies regarding professionals, and provides backing for the decision to increase medical resid...
Psoriasis: correlation between severity index (PASI) and systemic treatment
Silva,Maria Flavia Pereira da; Fortes,Maria Rita Parise; Miot,Luciane Donida Bartoli; Marques,Silvio AlencarBACKGROUND: Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the skin that affects patients of all ages andboth genders. The impact of the disease on quality of life is greater among patients with moderate to severe psoriasis. OBJECTIVE: to establish a correlation between the psoriasis area and severity index (PASI) and theDermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) based on a quality of life questionnaire adapted to t...
Techniques of digital image analysis for histological quantification of melanin
Miot,Hélio Amante; Brianezi,Gabrielli; Tamega,Andréia de Almeida; Miot,Luciane Donida BartoliMorphometric analysis of tissue melanin may quantitatively contribute to research on pigmentation disorders. The authors present three methods for image analysis, which allow for identification of melanin-equivalent pixels in the epidermis using Fontana-Masson stain and, therefore, for the calculation of its percentage in the different epidermal layers. Moreover, they discuss the main elements related to the an...
Associação entre acrocórdons e resistência à insulina
Tamega,Andréia de Almeida; Aranha,Adriana Milanezi Pinheiro; Guiotoku,Marcelo Massaki; Miot,Luciane Donida Bartoli; Miot,Hélio AmanteFUNDAMENTOS: Acrocórdons são lesões dermatológicas comuns na população e estão associados ao diabetes mellitus, à obesidade, à resistência insulínica e à aterosclerose. A identificação precoce de pacientes com resistência insulínica pode ter papel preventivo primário. OBJETIVO: Avaliar a associação entre presença de acrocórdons cervicais ou axilares e resistência insulínica. MÉTODOS: Estudo transversal com paci...
Fisiopatologia do melasma
Miot,Luciane Donida Bartoli; Miot,Hélio Amante; Silva,Márcia Guimarães da; Marques,Mariângela Esther AlencarMelasma é uma dermatose comum que cursa com alteração da cor da pele normal, resultante da hiperatividade melanocítica focal epidérmica de clones de melanócitos hiperfuncionantes, com consequente hiperpigmentação melânica induzida, principalmente, pela radiação ultravioleta. Clinicamente, caracteriza-se por manchas acastanhadas, localizadas preferencialmente na face, embora possa acometer também região cervical...