[Natural course of primary skin amyloidosis]. / Evolución natural de la amiloidosis cutánea primitiva.

We reviewed forty medical histories of patients with primitive cutaneous amyloidosis registered in the Unit of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergy of the Ecuadorian Social Security Institute of Guayaquil, who have abandoned the treatment for four or more years, finding a favorable evolution in the 37.5% of patients.

Human gnathostomiasis in Ecuador (nodular migratory eosinophilic panniculitis). First finding of the parasite in South America.

Fifteen patients with human gnathostomiasis are reported from Ecuador. The name "nodular migratory eosinphilic panniculitis" is proposed because of the histopathologic and clinical changes found in two cases in which the parasite was found on biopsy.

[Human gnathostomiasis. The first evidence of the parasite in South America]. / Gnathostomiase humaine. Première mise en évidence du parasite en Amérique du Sud.

Reporting 4 cases of gnathostomiasis, a clinical review of this disease is given by the authors. In one of these cases the diagnosis could be established by evidencing the parasite. The name: nodular migratory eosinophilic panniculitis is suggested for this disease.

[Verruga Peruana in Ecuador. Apropos of 3 cases]. / Verruga peruana en el Ecuador. A propósito de tres casos.

Three cases of Peruvian Verruca, one autoctonous from the town of Guayaquil (Ecuador), are described by the authors. A comparative study with the Peruvian cases is made.