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- Phototherapy in Childhood: a 17-Year Retrospective Study Regarding Effectiveness and SafetyPublication . Brasileiro, A; Campos, S; Páris, F; Fidalgo, A; Apetato, MIntroduction: Skin diseases in paediatric age are often distressing conditions with significant impact in children’s psychosocial development. Additionally, systemic therapeutic options are often limited in childhood, due to its potential toxicity in this vulnerable group. Phototherapy is therefore an endorsed option for photo-responsive dermatological conditions. Objective and Methods:This observational retrospective study aims to access efficacy and safety of Phototherapy in our paediatric population. Relevant clinical data from 1996 to present concerning patients aged 18 years or less was collected. Results: 78 patients were included, of which64,1%was female. Mean age was 12,9 years (range 2-18). Distribution according to diagnosis was:47,4%psoriasis, 34,6% alopecia areata, 9,0% vitiligo, 9,0% other diagnosis. Mean number of cycles was 1,5 (range 1-7), with an average of 16,3 treatments per cycle and mean cumulative dose 134 J/cm2. 70,5% was treated with one single cycle. Topic and systemic PUVA were the first choice in 37,2% and 39,7%, respectively, while UVB TL01 and broadband UVB were used in 11,5% each. On the first cycle 67,5% improved, 14,3% showed no sustained clinical response and 19,5% were lost to follow-up. Psoriasis patients had the best response rates (81,8%), followed by alopecia areata (59,3%). Side effects occurred in 21%, being erythema the most common (12%). None led to therapeutic interruption. Discussion: Phototherapy is a safe and effective option in childhood, yet the withdraw rate might be an important limitation.
- Reação Cutânea Iatrogénica à Terapêutica Intra-Articular com Ácido HialurónicoPublication . Campos, S; Brasileiro, A; Paiva, MJIntrodução: A osteoartrite é uma doença crónica e progressiva, muito prevalente acima dos 60 anos de idade. Caracteriza-se por incapacidade e dor crónicas e resulta da redução da concentração e peso molecular do ácido hialurónico no líquido sinovial. Uma das opções terapêuticas, na ausência de resposta à terapêutica conservadora (anti-inflamatórios não esteroides), passa pela viscossuplementação com ácido hialurónico. A maior parte dos efeitos adversos descritos, tais como artralgia, reação inflamatória local e dor no local da infiltração, resolvem em 2 dias sem necessidade de tratamento específico. Caso clinico: Doente do sexo masculino, 74 anos de idade, com antecedentes pessoais de osteoartrite bilateral do joelho foi enviado à consulta urgente de Dermatovenereologia por mancha purpúrica com 10 dias de evolução, reticulada, com 20 cm de maior diâmetro, associada a dor. A lesão localizava-se na face anterior do joelho esquerdo e surgiu 1 semana após tratamento intra-articular com ácido hialurónico de origem não animal (Durolane®). A biópsia cutânea revelou a presença de êmbolos intravasculares de material amorfo, não refringente à luz polarizada, na derme e hipoderme - achados compatíveis com embolização por ácido hialurónico. Na reavaliação, 21 dias após, apresentava apenas ligeiro eritema da face anterior do joelho esquerdo, sem outros sintomas associados. Conclusão: Esta reação cutânea adversa ao tratamento com ácido hialurónico parece resultar do extravasamento extra-articular deste. No entanto, não podemos excluir que resulte da má aplicação técnica do ácido hialurónico, e não da molécula em si. O interesse deste caso reside no facto de a embolização por ácido hialurónico ser um efeito adverso da viscossuplementação ainda não descrito.
- Recalcitrant Leg Ulcers as the Only Manifestation of Essential Type 2 CryoglobulinemiaPublication . Brasileiro, A; Barreto, P; Salvado, V; Diamantino, F; Pinheiro, SChronic leg ulcers are persistent conditions that might be a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge, with great impact in health care costs and patients’ quality of life. We report a case of a 60-year-old woman, with long-lasting recalcitrant leg ulcers, which led to left leg amputation 10 years ago. Several attempts to heal the right leg were made, including skin grafting in three different occasions and several surgical debridements, all with unsatisfactory outcome. Some months before the ulcers began, the patient had been diagnosed with undifferentiated connective tissue disease because of arthralgia and positive antinuclear antibodies, therefore low dose systemic corticosteroids and azathioprine were prescribed. For the last 4 years she has been followed in our department and since then no evidence of clinical or laboratorial criteria for autoimmune diseases was found, thus the immunosuppressive therapy was stopped. She maintained ever since a high rheumatoid factor but without other evidence of autoimmune disease. Medical history was otherwise irrelevant. Several cutaneous biopsies were performed, with no evidence of malignancy or vasculitis. Recently, cryoglobulins became positive, with type 2b cryoglobulin identification on immunofluorescence. Serology for Hepatitis C virus was consistently negative, hence an Essential type 2 Cryoglobulinemia diagnosis was established. No renal impairment, vascular purpura, arthralgia or arthritis was found. The authors emphasize the importance of considering less common etiologies for chronic leg wounds, even in the absence of other suggestive symptomatology, as well as the pertinence of reconsidering diagnosis in highly suspect cases.
- Scalp Porocarcinoma: a Rare DiagnosisPublication . Brasileiro, A; Santos, G; Fidalgo, A; João, AAdnexal skin tumours are rare conditions, and often clinically indistinguishable from other cutaneous neoplasms. Porocarcinoma, a sweat gland malignant tumour, is more commonly found on extremities. Few reports in other anatomic locations can be found in the literature, and those arising on the scalp are even scarcer. The authors report the case of an 84-year-old diabetic man, with a tumour on the left parietal region for 1 year, which histopathological features were consistent with porocarcinoma. The importance of histopathologic diagnosis is hereby emphasized by the more aggressive behaviour of this tumour, therefore requiring clinical actuation accordingly.