Rosalba Sánchez-González

Cutaneous infection by Fusarium: successful treatment with oral voriconazole.

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Safety of long-term treatment with cyclosporin A in resistant chronic plaque psoriasis: a retrospective case series.

Background  An intermittent short course of cyclosporin A (CyA) therapy is a good choice in the treatment of severe psoriasis. Nevertheless, some severe or resistant patients might benefit from long‐term treatment. Adverse effects of long‐term use of CyA are investigated and the results are compared with the literature.

The role of psychological factors in palmoplantar pustulosis

Objective   The aim of the present study was to find out whether emotional stress is related to palmoplantar pustulosis (PPP).

Malignant rhabdoid tumor beside benign skin mesenchymal neoplasm with myofibromatous features.

Only a few reports of primary cutaneous rhabdoid tumors have been published. We describe the case of a 3‐month‐old female patient who developed a rhabdoid type cutaneous sareomatoid neoplasm in her upper back, close to a benign myofibromatous proliferation of infancy. The lesion was studied both by light microscopy and immunohisto‐chemically. Flow cytometry was performed showing a DNA diploid profile of the malignant tumor. The pathological findings suggest a mesenchymal origin (hemangiopericytic or myofibroblastic type) for both tumors. The patient was surgically treated, but she died nine months later.

Eccrine poroma arising in chronic radiation dermatitis.

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Localized lichen myxoedematosus (papular mucinosis) associated with morbid obesity: report of two cases

Cutaneous diseases are often found in obese patients but, to our knowledge, mucinous disorders have not been previously reported in association with obesity. Two cases of localized lichen myxoedematosus (papular mucinosis) in two women with morbid obesity are described. Both patients underwent a low‐calorie diet for a 1‐year period in one case, and for 4 months in the other one, as the only treatment. There was complete resolution of cutaneous lesions at the same time that an important weight loss was observed. Nevertheless, although spontaneous regression is not frequent, it could not be disregarded in either of these two cases.

Metastatic gastric cancer presenting as a solitary axillary cutaneous nodule.

An 84‐year‐old man, with a medical history of dilated cardiomyopathy, was admitted to our hospital with a nodular lesion in his right axilla of 6 weeks’ duration. There was no history of weight loss, nausea, or vomiting. Physical examination revealed a red–violet axillary nodule, 7 cm in diameter and 3 cm thick, with an ulcerated surface ( Fig. 1 ). A palpable right adenopathy was also found. The rest of the physical examination was normal.

Lesión cutánea de rápido crecimiento en hombro derecho

Paciente mujer de 75 años que acudió a consulta por una lesión a sintomática en el hombro derecho, de 5 meses de evolución. Entre sus antecedentes personales figuraban: hidronefrosis izquierda y bronquiectasias pulmonares. En la exploración fı́sica se observaba una lesión tumoral nodular, ulcerada, fluctuante, de aproximadamente 5 cm de diámetro, en el hombro derecho (figs. 1 y 2). En el estudio histopatológico con hematoxilina-eosina destacaba la presencia de granulomas no caseificantes en la dermis (fig. 3); con la tinción de ZiehlNeelsen no se mostraron bacilos ácido-alcohol resistentes. El cultivo de la muestra fue negativo para bacterias, hongos y micobacterias, pero, a través de la prueba de reacción en cadena de la polimerasa, se detectó ADN de Mycobacterium tuberculosis, llegándose al diagnóstico de tuberculosis cutánea gomosa.

Rapidly growing cutaneous lesion in the left shoulder

Paciente mujer de 75 años que acudió a consulta por una lesión a sintomática en el hombro derecho, de 5 meses de evolución. Entre sus antecedentes personales figuraban: hidronefrosis izquierda y bronquiectasias pulmonares. En la exploración fı́sica se observaba una lesión tumoral nodular, ulcerada, fluctuante, de aproximadamente 5 cm de diámetro, en el hombro derecho (figs. 1 y 2). En el estudio histopatológico con hematoxilina-eosina destacaba la presencia de granulomas no caseificantes en la dermis (fig. 3); con la tinción de ZiehlNeelsen no se mostraron bacilos ácido-alcohol resistentes. El cultivo de la muestra fue negativo para bacterias, hongos y micobacterias, pero, a través de la prueba de reacción en cadena de la polimerasa, se detectó ADN de Mycobacterium tuberculosis, llegándose al diagnóstico de tuberculosis cutánea gomosa.