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Akrohordon, filiform wart

Monday, September 21st, 2009

Akrohordon, filiform wart

Akrohordon, filiform wart (acrochordon) – one of the varieties of warts. Marked tendency to autoinoculation proves their infectious (viral) origin.

Symptoms.

Akrohordon a thready, digitate, papillate outgrowth of color, whose length can reach 1 cm
The elements are localized on the face – eyelids, malar areas, cheeks, chin, rarely on the neck, chest, armpits.

Treatment.

Sometimes akrohordon disappear spontaneously, but the fear of the spread process, injury recommended radical removal of elements with diathermocoagulation the hair or a needle electrode, which sum up the base of the element. Coagulated element is cut with scissors, lubricating the surface of 5% solution of potassium permanganate, liquid Castellani without fuchsin.
Healing begins at the sixth to ninth day. With proper technique removing visibly absent. With the preventive purpose in the subsequent recommended rubbing the skin of 1-2% rezortsinovym or salicylic alcohol.

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Adenoma symmetrical sebaceous glands, Pringle’s disease

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

Adenoma symmetrical sebaceous glands, Pringle’s disease

Adenoma symmetrical sebaceous gland disease Pringle (Adenoma sebaceum symmetricum Pringle) – innate, often a family disease caused by intrauterine developmental disorder of the nervous system and skin (neuroectodermal dysplasia), resulting in formation of ectodermal and mesodermal tumor.
In cases where skin lesions are combined with intellectual disabilities, epilepsy and changes in fundus indicate syndrome Pringle – Burnevilya skin health.

Symptoms.

Numerous hemispherical dense knots zhelttovato red up to lentils, which are usually symmetrically cover the skin of the wings of the nose, nososchechnye, nasolabial folds, chin.
Between the elements, as a rule, there is many telangiectasia, giving a surface area more than a bright red color. In addition to nodular, often observed papillomatoznye growths on the gums, multiple lipomas, fibromas shellfish neck and body skin.
In severe cases, fingers and toes appear hyponychial and okolonogtevye fibromatoznye nodes. The disease begins in childhood and is activated in puberty, often becoming complicated changes of the fundus.
The term “adenoma” should be considered erroneous, because the elements do not have adenomatous structure, but arise as a result of excessive development of the sebaceous glands. Therefore, the disease properly considered as an organ nevi – hamartia.
Differentiated from cystic form of rosacea, aknita, adenoid-cystic epithelioma Brook (acanthoma adenoides cysticum).

Treatment. (more…)

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Adenoid cystic epithelioma (epithelioma adenoides cysticum)

Friday, September 18th, 2009

Adenoid cystic epithelioma (epithelioma adenoides cysticum).

Synonyms: acanthoma adenoides cysticum.

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