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INTRODUCTION: Skin cancer is the main cause of death in persons with albinism (PWA) in Africa. Education would minimize sun damage. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy and acceptance of a photoprotection educative and sunscreen (Umozi Max) package designed for PWA in reducing sunburns and skin cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A multicenter, noncontrolled, before-and-after, interventional study was conducted in PWA > 12 years of age, from February to May, 2019, in Malawi. During the baseline and the follow-up visits (at 8 and 15 weeks), subjects received an educational program designed to PWA and use of Umozi Max. At every visit, photoprotection behavior and knowledge were checked and cutaneous lesions were recorded. Univariate and bivariate analysis were performed. RESULTS: A total of 210 PWA were analyzed, 50% males, with a mean age of 24.5 (SD 11.29) years. The percentage of people using sun protective clothing increased from 80% to 100% and sunscreen from 81.9% to 99.5%. People avoiding the midday sun increased by 38.9% (P < 0.05). Participants that erroneously applied the sunscreen at night diminished from 40% to 4% (P < 0.001). Absent erythema on the face increased from 40% to 90% (P < 0.05). The percentage of patients with actinic keratoses (AK) on all locations significantly decreased during the study. All the participants preferred Umozi Max to previously used sunscreens. The satisfaction with the program was unanimous. CONCLUSION: The educational program enhanced the use of all photoprotection measures, improved behaviors, and decreased the incidence of solar erythema and contributed to decreasing the incidence of new AKs.
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Albinismo Oculocutâneo , Albinismo , Neoplasias Cutâneas , Queimadura Solar , Adulto , Feminino , Humanos , Malaui , Masculino , Neoplasias Cutâneas/prevenção & controle , Queimadura Solar/prevenção & controle , Protetores Solares/uso terapêutico , Adulto JovemAssuntos
Hospedeiro Imunocomprometido , Infecções Meningocócicas , Antibacterianos/administração & dosagem , Cefotaxima/administração & dosagem , Pré-Escolar , Doença Crônica , Humanos , Masculino , Infecções Meningocócicas/tratamento farmacológico , Infecções Meningocócicas/fisiopatologia , Neisseria meningitidis Sorogrupo B/isolamento & purificaçãoRESUMO
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a clinical modality of photochemotherapy based on the accumulation of a photosensitizer in target cells and subsequent irradiation of the tissue with light of adequate wavelength promoting reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation and cell death. PDT is used in several medical specialties as an organ-specific therapy for different entities. In this review we focus on the current dermatological procedure of PDT. In the most widely used PDT protocol in dermatology, ROS production occurs by accumulation of the endogenous photosensitizer protoporphyrin IX after treatment with the metabolic precursors 5-methylaminolevulinic acid (MAL) or 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA). To date, current approved dermatological indications of PDT include actinic keratoses (AK), basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and in situ squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) also known as Bowen disease (BD). With regards to AKs, PDT can also treat the cancerization field carrying an oncogenic risk. In addition, an increasing number of pathologies, such as other skin cancers, infectious, inflammatory or pilosebaceous diseases are being considered as potentially treatable entities with PDT. Besides the known therapeutic properties of PDT, there is a modality used for skin rejuvenation and aesthetic purposes defined as photodynamic photorejuvenation. This technique enables the remodelling of collagen, which in turn prevents and treats photoaging stygmata. Finally we explore a new potential treatment field for PDT determined by the activation of follicular bulge stem cells caused by in situ ROS formation.
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Dermatologia/tendências , Fotoquimioterapia , Espécies Reativas de Oxigênio/metabolismo , Pele/efeitos da radiação , Dermatologia/métodos , Humanos , Fármacos Fotossensibilizantes , Protoporfirinas/uso terapêutico , Espécies Reativas de Oxigênio/isolamento & purificação , Pele/patologia , Dermatopatias/terapiaRESUMO
Acquired progressive kinking of the hair (APKH) and whisker hair are relatively rare conditions. To our knowledge, fewer than 25 cases have been reported in the English literature. We present the case of a 23-year-old man whose hair on the parietal and occipital areas changed and turned curlier and shorter. Patients suffering from APKH have higher risk of developing androgenetic alopecia and therefore finasteride 1 mg daily is proposed as an adequate treatment for these patients.
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Common birthmarks can be an indicator of underlying genetic disease but are often overlooked. Mongolian blue spots (dermal melanocytosis) are usually localized and transient, but they can be extensive, permanent, and associated with extracutaneous abnormalities. Co-occurrence with vascular birthmarks defines a subtype of phakomatosis pigmentovascularis, a group of syndromes associated with neurovascular, ophthalmological, overgrowth, and malignant complications. Here, we discover that extensive dermal melanocytosis and phakomatosis pigmentovascularis are associated with activating mutations in GNA11 and GNAQ, genes that encode Gα subunits of heterotrimeric G proteins. The mutations were detected at very low levels in affected tissues but were undetectable in the blood, indicating that these conditions are postzygotic mosaic disorders. In vitro expression of mutant GNA11(R183C) and GNA11(Q209L) in human cell lines demonstrated activation of the downstream p38 MAPK signaling pathway and the p38, JNK, and ERK pathways, respectively. Transgenic mosaic zebrafish models expressing mutant GNA11(R183C) under promoter mitfa developed extensive dermal melanocytosis recapitulating the human phenotype. Phakomatosis pigmentovascularis and extensive dermal melanocytosis are therefore diagnoses in the group of mosaic heterotrimeric G-protein disorders, joining McCune-Albright and Sturge-Weber syndromes. These findings will allow accurate clinical and molecular diagnosis of this subset of common birthmarks, thereby identifying infants at risk for serious complications, and provide novel therapeutic opportunities.
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Subunidades alfa de Proteínas de Ligação ao GTP/genética , Mancha Mongólica/genética , Mutação , Síndromes Neurocutâneas/genética , Dermatopatias/genética , Alelos , Animais , Animais Geneticamente Modificados , Sequência de Bases , Análise Mutacional de DNA , Subunidades alfa Gq-G11 de Proteínas de Ligação ao GTP , Células HEK293 , Humanos , Lactente , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Mutação de Sentido Incorreto , Fenótipo , Fosforilação , Transdução de Sinais , Peixe-ZebraRESUMO
Phacomatosis pigmentokeratotica (PPK) is a rare epidermal nevus syndrome characterized by the co-occurrence of a sebaceous nevus and a speckled lentiginous nevus. The coexistence of an epidermal and a melanocytic nevus has been explained by two homozygous recessive mutations, according to the twin spot hypothesis, of which PPK has become a putative paradigm in humans. However, the underlying gene mutations remained unknown. Multiple tissues of six patients with PPK were analyzed for the presence of RAS, FGFR3, PIK3CA, and BRAF mutations using SNaPshot assays and Sanger sequencing. We identified a heterozygous HRAS c.37G>C (p.Gly13Arg) mutation in four patients and a heterozygous HRAS c.182A>G (p.Gln61Arg) mutation in two patients. In each case, the mutations were present in both the sebaceous and the melanocytic nevus. In the latter lesion, melanocytes were identified to carry the HRAS mutation. Analysis of various nonlesional tissues showed a wild-type sequence of HRAS, consistent with mosaicism. Our data provide no genetic evidence for the previously proposed twin spot hypothesis. In contrast, PPK is best explained by a postzygotic-activating HRAS mutation in a multipotent progenitor cell that gives rise to both a sebaceous and a melanocytic nevus. Therefore, PPK is a mosaic RASopathy.
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Células-Tronco Multipotentes/fisiologia , Nevo Pigmentado/genética , Nevo Pigmentado/patologia , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas p21(ras)/genética , Neoplasias Cutâneas/genética , Neoplasias Cutâneas/patologia , Adulto , Classe I de Fosfatidilinositol 3-Quinases , Feminino , Humanos , Mosaicismo , Nevo Sebáceo de Jadassohn/genética , Nevo Sebáceo de Jadassohn/patologia , Proteína Oncogênica p21(ras)/genética , Fosfatidilinositol 3-Quinases/genética , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas B-raf/genética , Receptor Tipo 3 de Fator de Crescimento de Fibroblastos/genéticaRESUMO
Propranolol has shown to be effective in the treatment of infantile hemangiomas (IH), but several cases of recurrences have been reported so far. We describe five cases of IH recurrence after propranolol treatment was stopped in 26 patients treated with propranolol all of whom were observed for at least 9 months after treatment was discontinued. Recurrence was present in 5 of 26 cases, yielding a recurrence rate of 19%. All cases were in females. Time from withdrawal to recurrence ranged from 0 to 6 months. In four of five cases, the lesion relapsed after the age of 11 months. Four of the five cases presented partial recurrences, whereas in one case, recurrence was complete. In the majority of cases, recurrence appeared in the deep component of the IH. Early treatment withdrawal or a long proliferative phase of IH are potential causes of hemangioma recurrence, although the exact mechanism remains unclear. The vascular endothelial growth factor receptor might be involved, as well as incomplete apoptosis during treatment.
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Antagonistas Adrenérgicos beta/uso terapêutico , Hemangioma Capilar/tratamento farmacológico , Síndromes Neoplásicas Hereditárias/tratamento farmacológico , Propranolol/uso terapêutico , Neoplasias Cutâneas/tratamento farmacológico , Apoptose/efeitos dos fármacos , Feminino , Humanos , Lactente , Masculino , Recidiva , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
Medallion-like dermal dendrocyte hamartoma (MLDDH) is a recently described congenital dermal neoplasm. Only 11 cases have been reported in the English literature and therefore its clinical and pathological manifestations are not completely defined. We report the case of a 20-year-old male presenting with a round, erythematous, atrophic plaque on the midline of the anterior aspect of the neck. The lesion was asymptomatic and was stable since birth. A skin biopsy was performed. Histological examination showed a band like hypocellular fibrotic area in the superficial reticular dermis, which did not spread to subcutaneous tissue. The cells were CD34-positive and S100 and CD56-negative. Elastic fibers were present. Altogether the morphological and immunostaining features were neither suggestive of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans nor neurofibroma. Thus, the pathological findings were consistent with MLDDH. Clinical differential diagnosis includes anetoderma, aplasia cutis, or atrophic DFSP. Histological differential was made with atrophic scar and striae distensae. Although the histological findings were not identical to those described recently as characteristic, the clinical features were suggestive enough to make the diagnosis of MLDDH. Therefore in our experience, the MLDDH spectrum might include lesions with variable cellular density, which can show similar clinical manifestations.
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Hamartoma/patologia , Neoplasias Cutâneas/patologia , Antígenos CD34 , Antígeno CD56 , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Hamartoma/congênito , Hamartoma/imunologia , Humanos , Masculino , Proteínas S100 , Neoplasias Cutâneas/congênito , Neoplasias Cutâneas/imunologiaRESUMO
Propranolol has been used successfully in a limited number of children with infantile hemangiomas. This multicenter retrospective study describes the efficacy and adverse effects of propranolol in infantile hemangioma. Seventy-one infants with infantile hemangiomas were treated with oral propranolol, 1 mg/kg/12 hours, for at least 12 weeks. A photograph based severity scoring assessment was performed by five observers to evaluate efficacy, utilizing a scoring system of 10 as the original infantile hemangioma before treatment and 0 as completely normal skin. The mean of the five independent measurements was used in the analysis. Propranolol was a rapid and effective treatment for infantile hemangiomas at 4 weeks (p < 0.001), at 8 weeks (p < 0.001 compared to the 4 wks value), at 12 weeks (p < 0.05 compared to the 8 wks value), and thereafter up to 32 weeks (p < 0.01 compared to the 16 wks value). The response of infantile hemangiomas to propranolol was similar regardless of sex, age at onset of treatment, type of involvement (segmental and nonsegmental), facial segments affected, special locations (eyelid, nasal tip, and parotid region), ulceration, and depth of infantile hemangiomas. Very few side effects were reported; mainly agitated sleep in 10 of 71 patients. In the series of patients in this study, oral propranolol 2 mg/kg/day was a well-tolerated and effective treatment for infantile hemangiomas. Prospective studies are needed to establish the exact role of propranolol in the treatment of infantile hemangiomas.
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Antagonistas Adrenérgicos beta/administração & dosagem , Hemangioma/tratamento farmacológico , Propranolol/administração & dosagem , Neoplasias Cutâneas/tratamento farmacológico , Administração Oral , Antagonistas Adrenérgicos beta/efeitos adversos , Pré-Escolar , Feminino , Humanos , Lactente , Masculino , Propranolol/efeitos adversos , Estudos Retrospectivos , Índice de Gravidade de Doença , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
Described here is the case of a girl with a reticulated capillary malformation on the right side of her face, along with Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome, as evidenced by microphthalmia and severe associated anomalies in the right eye, and right cerebral hemispheric atrophy and cerebral arteries malformations. Capillary malformations are a novel finding for children with Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome.
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Encéfalo/anormalidades , Assimetria Facial/etiologia , Deficiência Intelectual/complicações , Deficiência Intelectual/patologia , Pré-Escolar , Nanismo/complicações , Nanismo/patologia , Feminino , Doenças Genéticas Ligadas ao Cromossomo X/complicações , Doenças Genéticas Ligadas ao Cromossomo X/patologia , Humanos , Angiografia por Ressonância Magnética , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética , Osteocondrodisplasias/complicações , Osteocondrodisplasias/congênito , Osteocondrodisplasias/patologia , Convulsões/etiologia , Convulsões/patologiaAssuntos
Toxinas Botulínicas Tipo A/uso terapêutico , Ceratodermia Palmar e Plantar/terapia , Fármacos Neuromusculares/uso terapêutico , Adulto , Cloreto de Alumínio , Compostos de Alumínio/uso terapêutico , Adstringentes/uso terapêutico , Cloretos/uso terapêutico , Feminino , Mãos , Humanos , Falha de TratamentoRESUMO
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Humanos , Masculino , Idoso , Adenocarcinoma/complicações , Neoplasias Retais/complicações , Anticorpos Monoclonais/efeitos adversos , Eritema/induzido quimicamente , Adenocarcinoma/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias Retais/tratamento farmacológico , Antineoplásicos/efeitos adversosRESUMO
Maintenance of E-cadherin mediated cell-cell contacts is often required for the survival of epithelial cells and tissues. Here we report that oncogenic activation of H-Ras in murine keratinocytes can prevent cell death induced by immunological disruption of E-cadherin adhesion. A similar situation was observed in cells showing constitutive activation of the p110 alpha catalytic subunit of class IA PI3K. This protective effect is associated with beta-catenin-dependent transcription and with activation of survival factor Akt/PKB. In addition, we induced cell death by employing photodynamic therapy, using Zn-phthalocyanine as a photosensitizer that targets E-cadherin adhesion complexes. We have found that cell death based on this photodynamic action is also bypassed in cells showing constitutive activation of H-Ras and p110 alpha. Taken together, these results indicate that H-Ras/PI3K/Akt signaling plays a key role in cell survival mediated by E-cadherin cell-cell contacts.