RESUMO
El doctor Luis Prunés fue uno de los grandes maestros de la dermatología chilena. Se formó como dermatólogo en el hospital Saint-Louis en París. En la década 1920 ingresó al Hospital San Luis de Santiago y en 1938 asumió como profesor titular de la cátedra Clínica Universitaria de Piel y Sífilis del Hospital San Vicente de Paul. En 1938 fue el primer presidente de la Sociedad Chilena de Dermato-sifilología. Fue un gran investigador de patologías cutáneas; estudió principalmente la lepra y las lesiones cutáneas asociadas a minerales. Es recordado por preconizar la importancia de la biopsia cutánea. Jubiló en 1954 dejándonos un importante legado dermatológico. El Dr. Prunés recopiló sus mejores casos en más de 20archivos fotográficos, los cuales se encuentran en la biblioteca del Departamento de Dermatología del Hospital Clínico de la Universidad de Chile. El objetivo de este trabajo es presentar parte de su archivo fotográfico, mostrando imágenes impresionantes de tumores cutáneos y lesiones cutáneas inducidas por arsénico.
Dr. Luis Prunés is one of the masters of the Chilean dermatology. He was trained as dermatologist at the Saint-Louis hospital in Paris. Since 1920 he worked as dermatologist at the San Luis Hospital in Santiago and in 1938 he took over as Professor and Chairman of the University Clinic of Skin and Syphilis at San Vicente de Paul Hospital. In 1938, he was the first president of the Chilean Society of Dermatology. He studied leprosy and skin lesions associated with minerals. He is also remembered for advocating the importance of skin biopsy. He retired in 1954, leaving an important legacy. Dr. Prunés compiled his best clinical cases in more than 20 photographic archives, which are located at the Library of the Dermatology Department in the University of Chile Clinical Hospital. The purpose of this paper is to present part of his photographic archive, showing stunning images of large cutaneous tumors and arsenic-induced skin lesions.
Assuntos
Humanos , História do Século XX , Arquivos , Dermatologia/história , Neoplasias Cutâneas/história , Fotografação , Arsênio/efeitos adversos , Chile , Dermatopatias/história , Dermatopatias/induzido quimicamente , MineraçãoRESUMO
Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the second most common skin cancer; its incidence is increasing in the last decades worldwide. The purpose of this study was to analyze 1320SCC (716 males and 604 females) from five hospitals of Santiago. The tumours were studied by gender, anatomical localization and age of the patient. For this, 600.000 histopathological reports were reviewed (1992-2001). SCC was more frequent in males than females and also more frequent in older people. The average age was 72.1 +/-14.3 years old in females and 69.5+/-13.2 years old in males. The most frequent anatomical locations in females were the face (51.2 percent), lower extremities (13.9 per cent) and genitals (12.1 percent). The most frequent anatomical locations in males were the face (62.4 percent); genitals (9.8 percent) and lower extremities (8.1 percent ). More number of facial SCC was observed in males than in females; however; more SCC in lower extremities was observed in females than in males. In relation to age, CEC was more frequent in males in the 50-59 and 70-79 years old groups, however; CEC was more frequent in females older than 80 years old. The study of 1320 SCC tumours allows us to analyze risk groups in the Chilean population that help to direct future skin cancer prevention campaigns in Chile.
