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M L Musumeci

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PubMed1998

Epidemiologic analysis and clinical course of 84 consecutive cases of pemphigus in eastern Sicily.

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to examine the clinical and epidemiologic features of pemphigus in eastern Sicily. METHODS: All new cases of pemphigus seen in the Dermatology Clinic at the University of Catania during the period January 1982 to June 1996 were studied retrospectively. RESULTS: Eighty-four patients with pemphigus represented 1.3% of 6653 patients admitted to our clinic in a 13.5-year period, with an average annual incidence of six cases per year. The most common form of presentation was pemphigus vulgaris (PV) (75%), followed by pemphigus erythematosus (17%), pemphigus herpetiformis (6%), and pemphigus vegetans (2%). In 6% of PV patients, the oral lesions were not followed by skin involvement, and the lag time between the onset of illness and the final diagnosis in five PV cases was prolonged, ranging from 4 to 7 years, probably due to the mild clinical presentation of the disease. Two trauma-related PV cases were documented; in one case, the blisters were located in a surgical scar and in the other in a burn scar. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings showed that pemphigus has a relatively high prevalence in eastern Sicily compared with other Italian regions; PV is the most common variant, and may have a mild course not always requiring aggressive therapy.

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PubMed1996

Squamous cell carcinoma of the penis.

Penile tumors, although not frequent, represent a difficult diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Of the malignant penile neoplasms, the most frequent is penile carcinoma, which includes squamous cell carcinoma and its well-differentiated variant, verrucous carcinoma. Current concepts about classification, epidemiology, pathogenesis, histopathology, diagnosis, staging, prognosis, and treatment are presented.

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