Although dermoscopy was primarily designed to facilitate in vivo diagnosis of skin tumors, recent advances indicate that it is also useful in the diagnosis of common skin infections and infestations. As such, dermoscopy links the research fields of dermatology and entomology to a field of "entomodermoscopy". In this article, we give an overview of current applications of dermoscopy in the diagnosis of warts.
Plantar tumors of soft tissue are rare and are characterized by their slow evolution, which delays the patient consultation period. Lipomas are among the most common benign tumors, which often serve in regions rich in fats, often in the face of the hands and feet. We report an exceptional case of plantar lipoma. Surgical treatment has laid the histological diagnosis of certainty and restores a normal and painless plantar support. Lipoma, despite its exceptional location at the foot level, should be mentioned as differential diagnosis of benign tumors of the foot.
The buschke lowenstein tumor is a rare sexually transmitted disease. We report a case of a buschke lowenstein disease sitting onthe neck, the back in addition to genital area. A 58 years old patient, without any significant pathological antecedents, presented for more than 3 years genital tumors gradually getting bigger. Dermatological examination found several ulcerated, exophytic, cauliflower tumors taking all the urogenital area, two tumors setting in the neck and one another on the back. Cytological sampling was performed, and the search for HPV returned positive. Other serologies have returned negative. The patient was subsequently treated by the urologist and plastician team. Complete exeresis was performed. An anatomopathological study was done which confirmed the diagnosis. HPV typing was done and confirmed HPV 6. The patient has evolved well and presented no complication. Buschke-lowenstein disease is a curable sexually transmitted urogenital disease. We report for the an unusual three location of this disease, which can shed light on the mode of transmission.
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