Patients with epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EV) and biallelic null mutations of (encoding EVER1) or (EVER2) are selectively prone to disseminated skin lesions due to keratinocyte-tropic human β-papillomaviruses (β-HPVs), which lack E5 and E8. We describe EV patients homozygous for null mutations of the gene encoding calcium- and integrin-binding protein-1 (CIB1). CIB1 is strongly expressed in the skin and cultured keratinocytes of controls but not in those of patients. CIB1 forms a complex with EVER1 and EVER2, and CIB1 proteins are not expressed in EVER1- or EVER2-deficient cells. The known functions of EVER1 and EVER2 in human keratinocytes are not dependent on CIB1, and CIB1 deficiency does not impair keratinocyte adhesion or migration. In keratinocytes, the CIB1 protein interacts with the HPV E5 and E8 proteins encoded by α-HPV16 and γ-HPV4, respectively, suggesting that this protein acts as a restriction factor against HPVs. Collectively, these findings suggest that the disruption of CIB1-EVER1-EVER2-dependent keratinocyte-intrinsic immunity underlies the selective susceptibility to β-HPVs of EV patients.

Importance: Reactions to tattoo may simulate common dermatosis or skin neoplasms. Histopathology allows diagnosis and helps determining the level and degree of inflammation associated, consequently orientating treatment.Objective: To describe the histological features found in biopsies of cutaneous reactions to tattoo.Design: This study was designed as a multicenter case series.Setting: All consecutive histopathological samples of tattoos referred from 1992 to 2019 to the Hospital General de Catalunya, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, and a private practice, all in Barcelona, Spain, and from the Kempf und Pfaltz Histologische Diagnostik in Zurich, Switzerland were retrieved from the files.Participants and Exposure: The inclusion criteria were all cosmetic/permanent makeup, artistic/professional, and traumatic tattoos associated with either inflammatory reactions alone and/or with tumors and/or infections. Exclusion criteria were cases without any associated pathologic finding in the place of the ink, amalgam tattoos, and medical or temporary tattoos. Main Outcomes and Measures:In all patients, clinical features (age, sex, location, tattoo color, and presentation) were recorded. Histological features evaluated included ink color, associated tumors or infections, and inflammatory reaction pattern. Inflammation was graded in low to moderate or severe.Results: From 477 biopsies diagnosed as tattoos, 230 cases from 226 patients met the inclusion criteria. Samples corresponded to 107 male and 120 female subjects and 3 of unknown gender. Median age was 39 years (ranging from 9 to 84 years). Fifty-three samples were referred from centers in Spain and 177 from the center in Switzerland. The series was analyzed in 2 parts: tattoos associated only with inflammatory reactions (117/230) and tattoos associated with tumors or infections (113/230). The most common form of inflammatory pattern associated with tattoo was the fibrosing reaction (79/117, 68%), followed by granulomatous reaction (56/117, 48%), lichenoid reaction (33/117, 28%), epithelial hyperplasia (28/117, 24%), pseudolymphoma (27/ 117, 23%) and spongiotic reaction (27/117, 23%). Combined features of 2 or more types of inflammatory patterns were seen in 64% cases.Conclusions and Relevance: Our series confirms that cutaneous reactions to tattoos are polymorphous. Inflammation tends to present with combined patterns. Infections are tending to decline, and pathologic findings are not specific to ink color or clinical features.

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Hematoma em cirurgia dermatológica: dicas para evitar resultados inestéticos a partir da hialuronidase e drenagem de hematomasHematoma in aesthetic surgery: tips to avoid unaesthetic results Hyaluronidase and hematoma drainage RESU MO Hematomas são comuns após cirurgias cosméticas. Quando pequenos, são conduzidos de maneira conservadora, pois, na maioria das vezes, são reabsorvidos. No entanto, mesmo pequenas coleções, quando não ativamente abordadas, podem resultar em maus resultados estéticos. A drenagem precoce tem sido especialmente descrita em revistas de Otorrinolaringologia e Radiologia. As autoras apresentam uma abordagem para o tratamento precoce de hematomas. Ênfase especial é dada ao uso da hialuronidase, bem conhecida pelos dermatologistas e cirurgiões plásticos por sua capacidade de dissolver o ácido hialurônico, mas sua utilidade no tratamento de hematomas não é amplamente difundida entre esses especialistas.