[Descriptive dermoscopic study of a series of 100 patients with basal cell carcinoma diagnosed in Morocco]. / Étude descriptive dermoscopique d'une série de 100 carcinome basocellulaires diagnostiqués au Maroc.

INTRODUCTION: Dermatoscopy is an innovative non-invasive technique for clinical morphology of pigmented lesions and skin tumor. The purpose of our study was to highlight the morphological and dermoscopic features of basal cell carcinoma (CBC) in our study population. METHODS: We conducted a prospective unicentric study over a period of 2 years. We used dermoscopy in all patients with BCC. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS software version 17. RESULTS: The study included 100 patients with BCC, the average age of patients was 51.87 years, with a sex ratio F/M = 0.6. BCC most commonly occurred in the face and most patients were prototype III and IV. We established conventional and non-conventional dermatoscopic criteria. Our study showed that there is a significant relationship between prototype and the degree of BCC pigmentation. CONCLUSION: This study highlighted the key role of dermoscopy in detecting small-sized BCC and in facilitating the diagnosis of pigmented BCC.

Etude descriptive dermoscopique d'une série de 100 carcinome basocellulaires diagnostiqués au Maroc

Introduction: la dermatoscopie est une technique d'examen non invasive, permettant de donner un nouveau regard de la morphologie clinique des lésions pigmentées et des tumeurs cutanées. Nous montrons à travers notre série les caractéristiques morphologiques dermotoscopiques du carcinome basocellulaire (CBC) chez notre population.Méthodes: notre étude est une étude prospective unicentrique étalée sur une période de 2 ans. Nous avons utilisé le dermoscope chez tous les patients ayant un CBC. L'analyse statistique était réalisée à 'aide du logiciel SPSS version 17.Résultats: on avait recensé 100 CBC, L'âge moyen des patients était de 51,87 ans, avec un sex ratio F/H = 0,6. Le visage était la localisation la plus fréquente et la plupart des patients étaient de phototype III et IV. On a distingué des critères dermatoscopiques classiques et non classiques. On a montré qu'il existe une relation significative entre le phototype et le degré de la pigmentation des CBC. Conclusion: dans ce présent travail, le dermoscope était bénéfique d'une part pour détecter les CBC de petite taille, d'autre part pour faciliter le diagnostic des CBC pigmentés

Hereditary spherocytosis with leg ulcers healing after splenectomy.

Hereditary spherocytosis (HS) is a familial hemolytic disorder with marked heterogeneity. A refractory chronic leg ulcer is an uncommon complication of HS, reported in fewer than two percent of patients. We present the case of a 28-year-old man who was suffering from a leg ulcer and was unresponsive to treatment of two years' duration with various conservative modalities. He had been suffering from repeated attacks of jaundice, pallor, and splenomegaly since he was 10 years old. Upon admission, physical and laboratory findings revealed moderate HS. However, complete clearance of the leg ulcer was not achieved until two months after a splenectomy.