Posturas ergonómicas para la exploración en dermatología / Ergonomics in Dermatology: Good Posture During Physical Examinations

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An outbreak of Mycobacterium fortuitum cutaneous infection associated with mesotherapy.

OBJECTIVE: We describe an outbreak of Mycobacterium fortuitum cutaneous infections associated with mesotherapy in La Rioja, Spain. DESIGN: Descriptive epidemiology. SETTING: Private practice. PATIENTS OR OTHER PARTICIPANTS: Case subjects were customers of a single beauty salon who were treated with mesotherapy injections. INTERVENTION(S): Two skin biopsies were taken from each patient. RESULTS: Over the designated period, 138 women received mesotherapy. Of these women, 39, or 28.3%, developed lesions ultimately thought to be caused by Mycobacterium fortuitum infection. The number of lesions per patient varied from 3 to 20 in the most severe case. Most of the lesions were indurated, erythematous or violaceous papules, some progressing to become fluctuant boils with suppuration, fistulization and scarring. The individual lesions varied in diameter from 0.5 to 6 cm. Two patients (5.1%) developed inguinal or axillary adenopathy. Two others presented with fever. One reported muscular pain. In 12 of the 39 cases, M. fortuitum was isolated from the wound cultures. The patients were all successfully treated with clarithromycin and levofloxacin. CONCLUSIONS: We identified a large outbreak of rapidly growing mycobacterial lesions among women who received mesotherapy injections in a single beauty salon.

[Abdominal aorta injury secondary to closed trauma]. / Lesión de aorta abdominal secundaria a trauma cerrado.

Traumatic injury of the abdominal aorta with total interruption of blood flow is uncommon. When there is total obstruction of the artery, the clinical picture is dramatic. The most frequent mechanism is compression due to the safety belt during a car accident. The patients have absent femoral and distal pulses, associated to neuropathy in the lower limbs. We present a case of abdominal aorta injury secondary to closed trauma and review the causes, presentation forms and management of the injury.

Lesión de aorta abdominal secundaria a trauma cerrado / Abdominal aorta injury secondary to closed trauma

La lesión traumática de la aorta abdominal con interrupción total del flujo sanguíneo es infrecuente. Cuando se produce la obstrucción total de la arteria el cuadro clínico es dramático. El mecanismo más frecuente es la compresión por el cinturón de seguridad durante un accidente automovilístico. Los pacientes se encuentran con pulsos femorales y distales ausentes, asociado a neuropatía en extremidades inferiores. Presentamos un caso de lesión de aorta abdominal secundaria a trauma cerrado y repasamos las causas, formas de presentación y manejo de la lesión

Traumatic injury of the abdominal aorta with total interruption of blood flow is uncommon. When there is total obstruction of the artery, the clinical picture is dramatic. The most frequent mechanism is compression due to the safety belt during a car accident. The patients have absent femoral and distal pulses, associated to neuropathy in the lower limbs. We present a case of abdominal aorta injury secondary to closed trauma and review the causes, presentation forms and management of the injury