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C Beylot

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PubMed1986

[Dysmorphic syndrome and vascular dysplasia: an atypical form of type IV Ehlers-Danlos syndrome].

A 29 year old woman was hospitalized for the successive onset of extremely serious vascular accidents: rupture of the gastro-duodenal artery, aneurysm of the posterior tibial artery, discovery of bilateral carotid and vertebral aneurysm with development of a carotid-cavernous fistula. The patient had a very unusual morphotype with dwarfism, white hair and alopecia. Histological investigations failed to reveal atheromatous lesions and by contrast showed involvement of the skin (dermal atrophy) and in the blood vessels fibro-dysplasia of the media. This picture was suggestive of a vascular form of Ehlers-Danlos disease (Sack's syndrome or type IV Ehlers-Danlos disease). This syndrome is characterized by minor skin or joint manifestations replaced by arterial accidents (arterial rupture or development of aneurysms). The etiology is faulty maturation of procollagen III and the diagnosis is based upon fibroblast culture.

Abnormalities, Multiple↗
PubMed1985

Studies on T cell subsets in chronic urticaria by monoclonal antibodies.

Peripheral blood T lymphocytes and T cell subsets were explored in 25 patients with chronic urticaria and 25 healthy controls. Thirteen of the patients had lymphocytic or leukocytoclasic vasculitis. An abnormal distribution between helper and suppressor T cell subsets with decreased percentage of helper (OKT4) T cells was found as compared to controls.

Adult↗
PubMed1985

Maintenance treatment of psoriasis by Tigason: a double-blind randomized clinical trial.

Extensive lesions on 36 patients with psoriasis were treated by Tigason, I mg/kg/day plus PUVA until skin clearance. A clinical score was calculated for each body area, and erythema, scaling, thickness and pruritus of the lesions were scored from 0 to 3. Skin clearing was defined as a clinical score less than 10% of the initial score. Double-blind maintenance treatment was then started. This was Tigason at half of the maximal dose tolerated during the clearing phase of the treatment v. placebo. Relapse of the disease was defined as the occurrence of a clinical score greater than 50% of the initial score. Among the 36 patients randomized, 20 received placebo and 16 received Tigason. Relapses increased quickly in the patients on placebo, but occurred in few patients treated by Tigason with 60% remaining clear after 1 year (P less than 0.05). Surprisingly, the kinetics of disappearance of the most frequent side effect, cheilitis, was the same in the Tigason group and in the placebo group. This double-blind randomized clinical trial shows that Tigason at low doses is an efficient and well-tolerated maintenance treatment of psoriasis.

Adult↗
PubMed1985

Multicenter clinical evaluation of a hydrocolloid dressing for leg ulcers.

The need for a moist environment for the normal healing process led to the development of occlusive dressings. Results from this study support the contention that a moist wound environment is favorable to the healing process in humans as well as in animal models. Hydrocolloid dressings are effective in the practical daily management of chronic and even refractive ulcerations of the lower extremities and offer a time-saving treatment alternative with a high degree of patient acceptability.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1985

[Normolipemic plane xanthomas and IgGk myeloma with anti-lipoprotein activity. Apropos of a case. Review of the literature].

Clinicopathologic findings are reported of a woman with plane xanthomatosis, multiple myeloma (IgG kappa) and normolipemia. Plasma lipoproteins were bound to the monoclonal immunoglobulin. The complex was separated by ultracentrifugation, then the proteins were measured by radial immunodiffusion and laser immunonephelometry. Monoclonal IgG kappa interact with the low-density lipoproteins. The literature about the association between normolipemic or hyperlipemic xanthomatosis and myeloma was reviewed and the physiopathology of this association discussed. Several hypotheses are suggested but, at present, it is shown that lipoprotein-paraprotein complexing in some patients may be due to autoantibody activity of the myeloma protein against serum lipoprotein; immune complexes interfere with normal lipoprotein catabolism resulting in xanthomas and normolipemia or hyperlipemia.

Aged↗
PubMed1984

[Cutaneous immunofluorescence in B virus diseases. 100 cases].

Immunofluorescence tests in healthy skin were performed in 75 patients with hepatitis B virus diseases (group I), in 25 HBs-antigen negative patients with the same diseases (group II) and in 90 controls (group III). HB virus diseases included acute, prolonged hepatitis; chronic, persistent and active hepatitis; cirrhosis and periarteritis nodosa. The immunofluorescence test was positive (micro- or macrogranular deposits in the walls of dermal vessels of HBs-antigen associated or not with immunoglobulins and complement) in 8 patients of group I (prolonged hepatitis 1; chronic persistent hepatitis 2; chronic active hepatitis 3; periarteritis nodosa 2), 3 of whom had no clinical manifestations, and in 3 patients of group II (chronic active hepatitis 2, periarteritis nodosa 1). Although not all patients with extrahepatic HB virus disease have a skin test positive for HBs-antigen and, conversely, a positive skin test does not necessarily imply clinical manifestations, it seems that skin immunofluorescence should be systematically performed as part of immunological investigations in all diseases where the HB virus might be involved.

Acute Disease↗
PubMed1984

[Immunopathology in 35 cases of chronic urticaria].

Although urticaria is usually held to be a type 1 hypersensitivity reaction, it may also be the cutaneous manifestation of vasculitis mediated by immune complexes. In this study of 35 patients with chronic urticaria, the authors attempted to specify the prevalence of vasculitis and its possible correlations with particular clinical and/or immunological findings. In 10 cases, lymphocyte subpopulations were also studied, using monoclonal antibodies. Patients included 21 women and 14 men, aged 19 to 80. In each patient: a) systemic signs were looked for by history taking and physical examination; b) a skin biopsy was examined by optic microscopy and direct immunofluorescence; c) the following biological investigations were done: blood count, sedimentation rate, protein electrophoresis and immunoelectrophoresis, IgE, B virus markers, circulating immune complexes, anti-nuclei and anti-ADN antibodies, latex and Waaler-Rose tests, total complement, C3, C4, and C1 esterase inhibitor. Visceral involvement and various immunological disorders are most common in those patients with leukoclastic (n = 7) or mononuclear (n = 9) vasculitis. These patients, as well as those recently studied in the literature, have idiopathic chronic urticaria, the least severe of urticarial vasculitis.

Adult↗
PubMed1984

[Drug eruptions caused by lithium salts].

The systemic complications of therapy with lithium are well known, but toxidermia has only been recognised since 1968. The carbonate (Teralithe) is the lithium salt which is mainly responsible, leading to minor dermatoses: oedema, pruritus, alopecia, urticaria, purpura, allergic vasculitis, pretibial ulceration. Some more specific conditions have been individualised by their severity and rarity: acne form eruptions, seborrheic dermatitis, follicular keratoses and psoriasis-like dermatosis as well as true psoriasis induced or aggravated by lithium. The authors review the literature and discuss the pathogenesis of these toxidermias. The cause of some dermatoses can be explained, especially the allergic vasculitis and psoriasis lesions. The underlying mechanism of most of these conditions remains unknown, but excessive tissue concentrations of the drug probably play an important role in inducing these complications.

Acne Vulgaris↗
PubMed1984

[Cutis marmorata telangiectatica congenita. Apropos of a case with hemicorporeal topography. Ultrastructural study].

A case of hemicorporeal cutis marmorata telangiectatica congenita is described. The ultrastructural study showed dilated capillaries with an increase of pericytes number. Some particular elements are discussed: --rare occurrence of hemi-corporeal distribution; --ultrastructural aspects with increased pericytes, previously observed; --frequency of associated abnormalities, cutaneous hemangiomas, varix, difference of length of the limbs, ...; --more frequently regressive evolution; --etiopathogeny, still uncertain, with capillaries abnormalities, perhaps dysembryoplasic and/or induced by neurovegetative disorder. Teratogenic factors (drug, chemical or others) has been suggested but not proved.

Capillaries↗
PubMed1983

[Atopic dermatitis].

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Adrenal Cortex Hormones↗