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abstract：BACKGROUND:Dermatology encompasses the management of many disorders of the skin and cutaneous appendages, making the analysis of epidemiological profiles relevant for health planning. OBJECTIVE:The study aims to describe the nosological profile of dermatological diseases in Florianopolis, analyzing the interrelation a...

journal_title：Anais brasileiros de dermatologia

authors： Ferreira IG,Godoi DF,Perugini ER

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory disorder, characterized by increased keratinocyte proliferation due to abnormal differentiation of basal keratinocytes. The etiology of the disease is unclear, and according to the survey results, it is hypothesized that a combination of genetic and environmental factors p...

journal_title：Anais brasileiros de dermatologia

authors： Mansouri M,Mansouri P,Raze AA,Jadali Z

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Male patient, 28 years old, presented with an asymptomatic yellowish erythematous papule on his right thigh. Excisional biopsy was performed for histopathological examination of the lesion. Multinucleated cells (Touton giant cells) were observed. S100 immunohistochemistry was negative for CD1a and positive for CD4 and...

journal_title：Anais brasileiros de dermatologia

authors： Sampaio FM,Lourenço FT,Obadia DL,Nascimento LV

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Actinic keratosis (AK) represents a risk of progression to squamous cell carcinoma. Ingenol mebutate gel is a novel therapeutic option for field-directed treatment. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the safety, tolerability and patients' perspectives, related to the therapeutic success of managing AKs on the face and ...

journal_title：Anais brasileiros de dermatologia

authors： Gameiro L,Tovo LFR,Sanches Júnior JA,Aprahamian I

更新日期：2019-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Localized scleroderma or morphea is a chronic disease of the connective tissue. Its etiology may be autoimmune and the condition results from a disturbance in collagen synthesis and deposition, clinically represented by sclerotic skin lesions. Some plaques may be yellowish, which can be misleading at diagnosis. This a...

journal_title：Anais brasileiros de dermatologia

authors： Tomiyoshi C,Wojcik AS,Vencato EM,Taques GR,Fillus Neto J,Brenner FA

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cancer is currently among the three leading causes of death after solid organ transplantation and its incidence is increasing. Non-melanoma skin cancer - squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma - is the most common malignancy found in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs). The incidence of non-melanom...

journal_title：Anais brasileiros de dermatologia

authors： Pinho A,Gouveia M,Cardoso JC,Xavier MM,Vieira R,Alves R

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intense pulsed light has been used in the treatment of photoaging without a full understanding of its mechanism of action. OBJECTIVE:To study the effect of intense pulsed light on photoaging and on the skin immune response by means of a clinical and histopathological study, evaluating Langerhans cells (CD1)...

journal_title：Anais brasileiros de dermatologia

authors： Patriota RC,Rodrigues CJ,Cucé LC

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of individuals with tattoos has been increasing worldwide, alongside with reports of complications varying from reactions to the injected pigments to infections caused by agents inoculated in the pigmentation process. The diagnosis of such unwanted events can be obtained through complementary non-invasive m...

journal_title：Anais brasileiros de dermatologia

authors： Veasey JV,Erthal ALN,Lellis RF

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies about the cutaneous barrier demonstrated consistent evidence that the stratum corneum is a metabolically active structure and also has adaptive functions, may play a regulatory role in the inflammatory response with activation of keratinocytes, angiogenesis and fibroplasia, whose intensity depends prima...

journal_title：Anais brasileiros de dermatologia

authors： Addor FA

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acrokeratoelastoidosis is a type of palmoplantar keratoderma first described by Oswaldo Gonçalves Costa, a Brazilian Dermatologist from the state of Minas Gerais. It is a rare autosomal-dominant genodermatosis; however it may occur sporadically. The disease is not congenital; rather, its onset occurs in childhood or a...

journal_title：Anais brasileiros de dermatologia

authors： Costa MC,Bornhausen Demarch E,Hertz A,Pereira FB,Azulay DR

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review, the most relevant and current epidemiological data, the main clinical, laboratory and therapeutical aspects of leprosy are presented. Detailed discussion of the main drugs used for leprosy treatment, their most relevant adverse effects, evolution of the therapeutic regimen, from dapsone as a monotherap...

journal_title：Anais brasileiros de dermatologia

authors： Cruz RCDS,Bührer-Sékula S,Penna MLF,Penna GO,Talhari S

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by Treponema pallidum and divided into three stages according to the duration of the disease: primary, secondary and tertiary. Secondary syphilis has diverse clinical presentations, such as papular-nodular lesions. This presentation is rare, with 15 cases reported in t...

journal_title：Anais brasileiros de dermatologia

authors： Veasey JV,Lellis RF,Boin MF,Porto PL,Chen JC

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a tinea favosa involving the scalp of a child represented in the painting "Boys climbing a tree" (Muchachos trepando a un árbol), by Francisco Goya y Lucientes, with pictorial representation of favic scutula and consequent alopecia. ...

journal_title：Anais brasileiros de dermatologia

authors： Vallarelli AF

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Superficial mycoses are fungal infections limited to the outermost layers of the skin. Dermatophytic filamentous fungi and yeasts are the major causative agents of these mycoses. Dermatophytosis is one of the clinical conditions caused by fungal infections most commonly found in dermatological practice. Thus...

journal_title：Anais brasileiros de dermatologia

authors： Di Chiacchio N,Madeira CL,Humaire CR,Silva CS,Fernandes LH,Dos Reis AL

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vasculitis comprises a broad group of syndromes characterized by inflammation and necrosis on the walls of blood vessels, resulting in narrowing or occlusion of the lumen. The distribution of involved blood vessel varies considerably and serves as the basis for one classification of vasculitic syndromes: large vessels...

journal_title：Anais brasileiros de dermatologia

authors： Brandt HR,Arnone M,Valente NY,Sotto MN,Criado PR

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Non-melanoma skin cancer is the most common type of malignancy in the Western world, and surgical excision is the preferred approach. The approach adopted in the face of incomplete excisions of basal cell carcinoma is still controversial. OBJECTIVES:To compare the number of tumor recurrences after treatment...

journal_title：Anais brasileiros de dermatologia

authors： Fidelis MC,Stelini RF,Staffa LP,Moraes AM,Magalhães RF

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Contact dermatitis is one of the common work-related dermatoses. Among bricklayers, cement can cause both allergic contact dermatitis and primary contact irritative dermatitis. The personal protective equipment (rubber gloves) may favor the development of allergic contact dermatitis. OBJECTIVES:1) to evalua...

journal_title：Anais brasileiros de dermatologia

authors： Lazzarini R,Duarte IA,Sumita JM,Minnicelli R

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The behaviour of each basal cell carcinoma is known to be different according to the histological growth pattern. Among these aggressive lesions, sclerodermiform basal cell carcinomas are the most common type. This is a challenging-to-treat lesion due to its deep tissue invasion, rapid growth, risk of metast...

journal_title：Anais brasileiros de dermatologia

authors： Husein-ElAhmed H

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic cutaneous lupus erythematosus in a linear configuration is rare, particularly in children, demonstrating similar incidence in both genders, no photo-sensitivity and lower probability of progression to systemic disease. We describe the case of a 9-year-old girl who presented erythematous papules with central at...

journal_title：Anais brasileiros de dermatologia

authors： Marinho AK,Ramos TB,Barbosa DM,Kozmhinsky V,Takano DM,Figueira MM

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are no studies about pediatric oral mucosal diseases performed by dermatologists in Brazil. This study presents the casuistics of oral mucosal diseases in children examined at the Oral Diseases Clinic at the Department of Dermatology - University of São Paulo - Brazil. Cases were retrospectively studied from the...

journal_title：Anais brasileiros de dermatologia

authors： Erthal A,Lourenço SV,Nico MM

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several dermatoses are routinely associated with diabetes mellitus, especially in patients with chronic disease. This relationship can be easily proven in some skin disorders, but it is not so clear in others. Dermatoses such necrobiosis lipoidica, granuloma annulare, acanthosis nigricans and others are discussed in t...

journal_title：Anais brasileiros de dermatologia

authors： Mendes AL,Miot HA,Haddad V Junior

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reticulohistiocytomas represent a group of benign histiocytic dermal proliferations, which occur either sporadically as solitary cutaneous nodules or, when multiple, in association with systemic disease. Due to its nonspecific clinical presentation, reticulohistiocytoma may mimic other benign or malignant skin neoplas...

journal_title：Anais brasileiros de dermatologia

authors： Kieselova K,Santiago F,Amado C,Henrique M

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult-onset Still's disease is a systemic inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology, characterized by skin rash, spiking fever, arthralgias or arthritis, and leukocytosis. The typical skin rash is evanescent, salmon-pink, nonpruritic and maculopapular, predominantly on the extremities. It is considered one of the majo...

journal_title：Anais brasileiros de dermatologia

authors： Brance ML,Neffen EL

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tattoos are defined as the intentional or accidental deposit of pigment into the skin. These pigments have been associated with various dermatoses such as allergic contact dermatitis, lichenoid dermatitis, photoinduced reactions, and granulomatous, sarcoid and pseudolymphomatous reactions. The objective of this report...

journal_title：Anais brasileiros de dermatologia

authors： Cruz FA,Lage D,Frigério RM,Zaniboni MC,Arruda LH

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin infections by Mycobacterium marinum are quite rare in our environment and, therefore, little studied. The majority of the lesions appear three weeks after traumas in aquariums, beaches and fish tanks. Lymph node drainage and systematization of the disease are rare and most lesions disappear in about three years. ...

journal_title：Anais brasileiros de dermatologia

authors： Neugebauer MG,Neugebauer SA,Almeida Junior HL,Mota LM

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dermatomyositis affects striated muscles, skin and other organs. OBJECTIVE:To characterize the disease from January 1992 to December 2002, assessing its classification, cutaneous and systemic manifestations, and also laboratory results, therapeutic and prognostic findings compared to those in the literature...

journal_title：Anais brasileiros de dermatologia

authors： Ortigosa LC,Reis VM

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dermatophytosis caused by Microsporum gypseum is rare, especially in infants, with few published cases. Diagnosis in this age group is frequently delayed. We review the literature and report 4 new cases of tinea of glabrous skin caused by M. gypseum mimicking eczema in infants. Considering new and previously reported ...

journal_title：Anais brasileiros de dermatologia

authors： Souza BD,Sartori DS,Andrade C,Weisheimer E,Kiszewski AE

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Furuncular myiasis occurs after larvae penetrate on the skin. The disease is characterized by the presence of a nodule with a central hole through which there is serosanguinous exudate drainage. The authors present a case of furuncular myiasis by Dermatobia hominis in which late diagnosis made it necessary to have the...

journal_title：Anais brasileiros de dermatologia

authors： Bernardes Filho F,Martins G,Barbará EF,Paiva ML,Coelho Filho RL,Nery JA

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Woolly hair nevus is a rare condition characterized by a structural anomaly of the hair, restricted to certain areas of the scalp. The hair becomes coiled and slightly hypopigmented. The term woolly hair refers to changes that affect all the scalp and has a hereditary character. We present a case of woolly hair nevus,...

journal_title：Anais brasileiros de dermatologia

authors： Fernandes KAP,Fernandes KAP,Vargas TJS,Melo DF

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Periungual basal cell carcinoma is rare and needs to be differentiated from other common diseases that affect this region. Several factors are associated with the development of this tumor, and sun damage seems to play an important role in its pathogenesis. Dermoscopy of clinically indolent lesions on the nail unit ca...

journal_title：Anais brasileiros de dermatologia

authors： Tavares LL,Costa JCMD,Delcourt NC,Rodrigues NCDS

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00