Cutaneous manifestations of nontuberculous mycobacterial infections may be classified according to criteria such as cutaneous lesions and immune status.
Ofuji papuloerythroderma (OPE) is a distinctive clinical entity of unknown etiology which occasionally may be associated with B-cell and T-cell lymphomas and visceral malignancy. We describe a case of OPE in a male with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. To our knowledge, this is the first report of OPE in a patient infected by the human immunodeficiency virus.
Calcinosis cutis, an uncommon disorder characterized by hydroxyapatite crystals of calcium phosphate deposited in the skin, has been described infrequently in childhood. Classically, it is divided into dystrophic, metastatic, and idiopathic types. We report an 8‐year‐old girl with hyperphosphatemia secondary to a tumor lysis syndrome, who developed a localized soft tissue calcification over a previous lesion of ec‐thyma gangrenosum. Intravenous infusion of calcium gluconate was probably the precipitating factor. Our case illustrates that several etio‐pathogenic mechanisms may be simultaneously involved in calcinosis cutis.
A 15-year-old boy with Kaposi's varicelliform eruption complicating healing second degree burns is reported. Clinically, umbilicated vesicles and pustules evolving to extensive erosions appeared over previously burned areas, sparing normal skin. Rapid diagnosis was made on the basis of the presence of multinucleate giant cells in a Tzanck smear. Therapy with intravenous acyclovir was followed by complete epithelialization without scarring. Previous cases of Kaposi's varicelliform eruption in burned patients are reviewed.
cold urticaria 3,4 and is mentioned as a treatment to be considered in the most recent guidelines for the management of urticaria. 5 However, the risk of anaphylactic shock should be considered. This is confirmed by the data presented here where all patients treated with cold water baths experienced a distinct lowering of their temperature threshold. However, no patient was able to continue the treatment for more than several weeks or months due to a lack of motivation and sideeffects which apparently were rated higher than the impact of the disease on their lives.Cold baths remain an effective treatment of cold urticaria only for patients bothered by severe manifestation of their disease who are well informed about the procedure and risks and are prepared to comply with this time-consuming and subjectively unpleasant treatment. It may be performed as a single treatment or in combination with other therapeutic options.
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