[Tinea of the eyebrows. About six cases]. / Tinea sprâncenelor; observatii asupraa sase cazuri.

INTRODUCTION: Tinea of the eyebrows is a part of tinea capitis. M. canis, T. violaceum, T. verrucosum and T. mentagrophytes are the most frequently implicated fungi in tinea of the eyebrows. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Our study includes six patients who presented erythematous scaly plaques and pustules on the eyebrows. The eyebrows hairs were grayish, friable and broken leaving alopecic areas. Direct microscopy of the infected hairs of the eyebrows lesions followed by culture on Sabouraud dextrose agar were effectuated in every patient at the beginning, during and the end of treatment. RESULTS: The direct microscopy revealed ectothrix-type hair shaft infection forming a sheath of small-spores on the outside of eyebrows hairs and M. canis was identified on cultures of Sabouraud's dextrose in all cases. Systemic treatment was initiated with griseofulvin 1000 mg/day in two patients and with terbinafine 250 mg/day in four patients associated with topical antimycotics for 8 weeks. After 8 weeks of treatment mycological cure was obtained in 100% of cases. CONCLUSION: Tinea of the eyebrows is a rare disease that occurs usually secondary to other dermatophytic infection and rarely isolated.

[Blepharitis--rare in systemic lupus erythematosus]. / Blefarita, o afectare rara in lupusul eritematos cronic.

Chronic lupus erythematosus often appear on the face, ears, and scalp. In exchange eyelids involvement as a chronic blepharitis is rare. We describe six cases of discoid lupus erythematosus with lesions on the face and ears who have eyelids involvement, too. Blepharitis is a rare involvement of the chronic lupus erythematosus and in case that is isolated, the diagnosis is belated and can lead to complications. The involvement of the lower eyelids is more frequently especially theirs lateral third.

[Kissing nevus, a rare form of palpebral nevus--case report]. / Kissing naevus (divided naevus) o forma rara de nev nevocelular situat pe pleoape--prezentare de caz.

Kissing naevus is a rare form of congenital nevocellular naevus. We present the cases of three young girls. One of them was 9 years old and had an asymptomatic homogeneously pigmented round-oval naevus on the right eye and two girls (12 and 20 years old) who had the same kind of naevus of different sizes on the left eye, symmetrically situated on the two eyelids. The lower part of the naevus were bigger than the upper part in all the three cases. Histological they are compound or dermal nevus As treatment, ones recommend early excision, others contraindicates any surgical interventions.