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3. Porokeratosis palmaris et plantaris disseminata: an unusual clinical presentation

Author

Patrizi, Annalisa, Passarini, Beatrice, Minghetti, Giulio, and Masina, Marco

Subjects
Keratosis -- Case studies, Keratosis -- Identification and classification, Skin diseases -- Case studies, Keratinization -- Abnormalities, Health
Abstract

Porokeratosis is a chronic disorder of keratinization, the formation of the hard protein in the skin called keratin. It is characterized by annular or ring-shaped patches bordered by hyperkeratotic, or horny, tissue. This inherited disease is controlled by non-sex-linked, or autosomal, dominant genes. When a trait is controlled by a dominant gene (X), the trait will be expressed in the offspring when the dominant gene is paired with another dominant gene (XX) or with a recessive gene (Xx). Porokeratosis may be classified into five categories, one of which is porokeratosis palmaris et plantaris disseminata. A case of this form of the disease is described. A 54-year-old man and his son had porokeratoses located on the trunk and extremities, mainly on the palms and soles of the feet. In addition, within the mouth, there were many slightly depressed, opalescent, round-shaped lesions bordered by hyperemic, or congested, areas. The varieties of porokeratosis palmaris et plantaris disseminata and other forms of porokeratosis are discussed. The older patient was treated successfully with etretinate, but a relapse occurred five weeks after the treatment was discontinued. (Consumer Summary produced by Reliance Medical Information, Inc.)

Published
1989

4. Disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis after visceral disease in a patient with AIDS

Author

O Varoli, Roberto Manfredi, Leonardo Calza, Beatrice Passarini, Vincenzo Colangeli, Francesco Chiodo, Ginevra Marinacci, Roberto Orioli, Antonietta D'Antuono, Calza, Leonardo, D'Antuono, Antonietta, Marinacci, Ginevra, Manfredi, Roberto, Colangeli, Vincenzo, Passarini, Beatrice, Orioli, Roberto, Varoli, Ornella, and Chiodo, Francesco

Subjects
Adult, Male, medicine.medical_treatment, Leishmaniasis, Diffuse Cutaneous, Dermatology, Disease, Asymptomatic, AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infection, Cutaneous leishmaniasis, Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), Amphotericin B, Leishmaniasis, Diffuse Cutaneou, medicine, Humans, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections, business.industry, Leishmaniasis, Immunosuppression, medicine.disease, Immunology, Coinfection, Leishmaniasis, Visceral, medicine.symptom, business, Human, medicine.drug
Abstract

Leishmaniasis is emerging as a common and serious opportunistic disease for patients with HIV infection. Almost all cases of HIV-Leishmania coinfection have been described in Mediterranean countries and they occur with various clinical presentations, ranging from typical visceral forms to asymptomatic or atypical cases, including cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis. Pentavalent antimony compounds have been the mainstays of antileishmanial therapy for half a century and new lipid formulations of amphotericin B seem reliable, but the most effective treatment remains unknown. We describe a patient who was HIV infected and an intravenous drug user, with an unusual disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis, after an initial visceral disease and after a 13-month maintenance treatment with liposomal amphotericin. The severe concurrent immunosuppression probably played an essential role in leading to this atypical cutaneous form, characterized by diffuse, nonulcerated, nonscabby maculopapular lesions.

Published
2004
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