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B Crickx

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PubMed1991

[Erysipelas: epidemiological, clinical and therapeutic data (111 cases)].

A retrospective study of 111 patients admitted to the Dermatology department of the Bichat hospital, Paris, between 1981 and 1988 for treatment of erysipelas revealed the following data: 1. Erysipelas was located on the lower limbs in 88.3 p. 100 of the cases and on the face in only 9.8 p. 100. 2. Facilitating and/or aggravating factors were: portal of entry in 75 p. 100 of the cases; impairment of venous and lymphatic circulations (41 p. 100); diabetes mellitus (13.5 p. 100); alcoholism and its socio-economic consequences (29 p. 100); unnecessary prescription of anti-inflammatory agents (11 p. 100). 3. Insufficient consideration was given to the clinical diagnosis: in 7.2 p. 100 of the patients erysipelas was diagnosed either after failure of heparin therapy or because phlebography was normal; some clinical features, notably bullae (30 p. 100) or purpura on the lower limbs (13 p. 100), confused the physicians. Delayed treatment was the main cause of local complications, such as abscess (4 cases) or focal cutaneous necrosis (4 cases). Erysipelas was recurrent in 23.5 p. 100 of the patients. 4. Bacteriological data in this series were insufficient to establish percentages of responsible organisms. However, penicillin G in mean doses of 12 million units per day administered intravenously for 5.5 days, then intramuscularly for 10 days was effective as first-line treatment in 80 p. 100 of the cases. Penicillin therapy may fail in patients with insulin-dependent diabetes or belated treatment with complications. No thromboembolic complication was observed (89 p. 100 of patients with lower limb erysipelas had received anticoagulants). There was only one death due to a severe underlying condition.

Administration, Oral↗
PubMed1990

[Dysplastic nevus].

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Dysplastic Nevus Syndrome↗
PubMed1990

Porphyria cutanea tarda and scleroderma--chance association or related disease: a case report.

The concurrence of systemic scleroderma and porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) seems very rare. Only six cases have been reported to our knowledge. On the other hand, cutaneous sclerodermatous lesions in PCT occur more frequently and can affect 1.8-18% of cases. These observations raise the problem of a possible physiopathological relation between scleroderma and PCT. In fact, Grossman and colleagues have found anti-nuclear antibodies (ANA) in 38% of patients so tested. In the present report, the association of systemic scleroderma and PCT with Sjögren's syndrome and anti-RNP antibodies raises further questions concerning the relationship between PCT and auto-immune diseases.

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PubMed1990

[Post-varicella anetoderma. 3 cases].

We report three cases of typical macular atrophy which appeared during, or was noticed shortly after varicella. The three patients were children. These cases were particular in that anetoderma lesions occurred independently of the scarring varicella lesions and followed a prolonged course of their own afterwards. We were unable to classify these cases in the primary or secondary type of macular atrophy. The various dermatoses associated with macular atrophy and the numerous physiopathological hypotheses put forward concerning this entity are enumerated.

Atrophy↗