1
|
Longo C, Piana S, Marghoob A, Cavicchini S, Rubegni P, Cota C, Ferrara G, Cesinaro AM, Baade A, Bencini PL, Mantoux F, Mijuskovic ZP, Pizzichetta MA, Stanganelli I, Carrera C, Giovene GL, Ranasinghe S, Zalaudek I, Lallas A, Moscarella E, Specchio F, Pepe P, Pellacani G, Argenziano G. Morphological features of naevoid melanoma: results of a multicentre study of the International Dermoscopy Society. Br J Dermatol 2015; 172:961-7. [PMID: 25388239 DOI: 10.1111/bjd.13524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Naevoid melanoma (NeM), a rare variant of melanoma, can be difficult to detect as its clinical and histopathological morphology can simulate a naevus. OBJECTIVES To describe the clinical and dermoscopic features associated with NeM. METHODS Lesions with a histopathological diagnosis of NeM were collected via an e-mail request sent to all members of the International Dermoscopy Society. All lesions were histopathologically reviewed and only lesions fulfilling a set of predefined histopathological criteria were included in the study and analysed for their clinical and dermoscopic features. RESULTS Twenty-seven of 58 cases (47%) fulfilled the predefined histopathological criteria for NeM and were included in the study. Clinically, 16 of the 27 NeMs presented as a nodular lesion (59%), eight (30%) as plaque type and three (11%) as papular. Analysis of the global dermoscopic pattern identified three types of NeM. The first were naevus-like tumours (n = 13, 48%), typified by a papillomatous surface resembling a dermal naevus. In these lesions local dermoscopic features included irregular dots/globules (46%), multiple milia-like cysts (38%) and atypical vascular structures (46%). The second type were amelanotic tumours (n = 8, 30%), typified by an atypical vascular pattern (75%). The third type consisted of tumours displaying a multicomponent pattern (n = 4, 15%), characterized by classical local melanoma-specific criteria. Two lesions (7%) were classified as mixed-pattern tumours as they did not manifest any of the aforementioned patterns. CONCLUSIONS While NeMs may be clinically difficult to differentiate from naevi, any papillomatous lesion displaying dermoscopically atypical vessels and/or irregular dots/globules should prompt consideration for the possible diagnosis of NeM.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- C Longo
- Dermatology and Skin Cancer Unit, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
2
|
Versini M, Mantoux F, Angeli K, Passeron T, Lacour JP. [Sneddon-Wilkinson disease: efficacy of intermittent adalimumab therapy after lost response to infliximab and etanercept]. Ann Dermatol Venereol 2013; 140:797-800. [PMID: 24315227 DOI: 10.1016/j.annder.2013.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2013] [Revised: 04/29/2013] [Accepted: 07/01/2013] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Sneddon-Wilkinson disease (SWD) is a rare chronic neutrophilic dermatosis. The first-line treatment is dapsone but resistance to treatment may sometimes pose a challenge. CASE REPORT We report a multidrug-resistant patient who responded dramatically before gradually losing response to infliximab and then etanercept. Complete remission was again obtained with adalimumab. DISCUSSION Our case confirms the previously reported dramatic efficacy of anti-TNF biological agents in recalcitrant SWD but highlights the possibility of subsequent loss of response. Furthermore, it illustrates the efficacy of adalimumab in this indication.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- M Versini
- Service de médecine interne, université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, hôpital Archet-1, CHU de Nice, 151, route de Saint-Antoine-de-Ginestière, 06202 Nice cedex 3, France.
| | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
3
|
Fassbender V, Queyrel V, Tieulie N, Galicier L, Debarle-Caron M, Mantoux F, Vire O, Fuzibet JG. Cas rare de maladie de Castleman (HHV8 positif) compliqué d’hypoglycémies secondaires à des anticorps anti-récepteurs à l’insuline. Rev Med Interne 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.revmed.2012.10.211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
|
4
|
Sillard L, Mantoux F, Larrouy JC, Hofman V, Passeron T, Lacour JP, Bahadoran P. Modifications dermoscopiques suspectes de nævus après laser ou lampe épilatoire : deux cas. Ann Dermatol Venereol 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annder.2011.10.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
|
5
|
Versini M, Mantoux F, Lacour JP. Efficacité des anti-TNF alpha dans la maladie de Sneddon-Wilkinson : à propos d’une observation. Rev Med Interne 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.revmed.2010.10.174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
|
6
|
Passeron T, Sebban K, Mantoux F, Fontas E, Lacour JP, Ortonne JP. Traitement des verrues palmo-plantaires par le laser à colorant pulsé à 595 nm : étude randomisée en simple insu contre placebo. Ann Dermatol Venereol 2007; 134:135-9. [PMID: 17375008 DOI: 10.1016/s0151-9638(07)91604-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Pulse dye laser (PDL) appears an attractive method to treat warts. However, data concerning the efficacy of this approach are based chiefly upon open clinical studies or case reports and results vary widely from one study to another. The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy and safety of PDL with a placebo in the treatment of a homogeneous group of patients presenting palmoplantar warts. METHODS This was a randomized, prospective, placebo-controlled, single-blind study conducted between December 2004 and July 2005 in patients consulting for palmoplantar warts at the Dermatology Department of the University Teaching Hospital of Nice. The treatment settings used for the 595-nm PDL were as follows: spot diameter 5 mm, pulse duration 0.45 ms, fluence 9 J/cm2 with 5 passes at a frequency of 1 Hz. Cryogen spray cooling (system incorporated in the machine) was given at a rate of 50 spurts of 40 ms prior to each laser pulse. In patients in the placebo group, cooling pulses alone were given. For the plantar warts (in both groups), hyperkeratosis was removed manually with a scalpel before each session. A maximum of three sessions was administered at 3-week intervals. The type and number of warts was counted and recorded in a treatment schedule before the start of therapy, at each session and 5 weeks after the final session. The global safety of the treatment was evaluated using a visual analog scale between 0 (intolerable) and 10 (completely safe). RESULTS Nineteen patients were included in the laser group and 16 were included in the placebo group. Sixty-four per cent (48/75) of warts in the laser group resolved completely compared with 13% (4/30) in the placebo group (p<0.001). In the PDL group, 6 of 19 patients (31.5%) no longer had warts by the end of the study compared with 3 of 16 patients (18.75%) in the placebo group (p=0.46). The global safety score of the treatment as assessed by the patients themselves was 8.31 in the laser group and 9.81 in the placebo group. DISCUSSION Pulse dye laser appears to be an effective treatment in palmoplantar warts but the efficacy of this method seems to be only equivalent to that of standard treatments (cryotherapy or salicylic acid preparations). Safety is excellent and constitutes one of the major advantages of this technique. The absence of any proven superiority over the standard treatments in terms of efficacy, coupled with the high costs involved, means that PDL should only be used second-line therapy in patients wishing to avoid constraints affecting their professional activity.
Collapse
|
7
|
Rossignol B, Millasseau E, Jeandel PY, Roth S, Mantoux F, Cardot-Leccia N, Tieulié N, Perrin C, Rosenthal E, Fuzibet JG. Vascularite cutanée nécrosante révélatrice d'une maladie lupique associée à un syndrome des anti-phospholipides. Rev Med Interne 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.revmed.2006.10.122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
|
8
|
Martin L, Piette F, Blanc P, Mortier L, Avril MF, Delaunay MM, Dréno B, Granel F, Mantoux F, Aubin F, Sassolas B, Adamski H, Dalac S, Pauwels C, Dompmartin A, Lok C, Estève E, Guillot B. Clinical variants of the preprotuberant stage of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans. Br J Dermatol 2006; 153:932-6. [PMID: 16225602 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06823.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Some cases of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) do not protrude above the skin. OBJECTIVES To assess the prevalence of these DFSPs and further to describe their presentation and course. METHODS One hundred and forty-three patients were retrospectively collected. They were asked to complete a standardized questionnaire indicating the history and appearance of the DFSP from the first skin changes identified to the time of diagnosis. RESULTS Eighty-one DFSPs were described as protuberant ab initio, and 62 as initially nonprotuberant (npDFSP). The latter remained at this stage for a mean period of 7.6 years. Twenty-nine per cent of npDFSPs were 'morphoea-like', 19% were 'atrophoderma-like' and 42% were 'angioma-like'. Age at diagnosis was similar for both initial presentations. npDFSPs were most often misdiagnosed by physicians. CONCLUSIONS Nearly half the patients first identified their early DFSP-related skin changes as patches. Both this frequency and the long duration at this preprotuberant stage should prompt dermatologists to consider the diagnosis of DFSP earlier, in order to make surgical treatment easier.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- L Martin
- Department of Dermatology, Hôpital Porte-Madeleine, CHR Orléans, 45032 Orléans cedex 1, France.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
9
|
Fosse T, Giraud-Morin C, Madinier I, Mantoux F, Lacour JP, Ortonne JP. Aeromonas hydrophila with plasmid-borne class A extended-spectrum β-lactamase TEM-24 and three chromosomal class B, C, and D β-lactamases, isolated from a patient with necrotizing fasciitis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2004; 48:2342-3. [PMID: 15155251 PMCID: PMC415595 DOI: 10.1128/aac.48.6.2342-2343.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
|
10
|
Angeli K, Lacour JP, Mantoux F, Roujeau JC, André P, Truffot-Pernot C, Ortonne JP. [Mycobacterium fortuitum skin infection occurring after a facelift]. Ann Dermatol Venereol 2004; 131:198-200. [PMID: 15026750 DOI: 10.1016/s0151-9638(04)93571-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Mycobacterium fortuitum skin infections are rare and usually iatrogenic. We report a case with cervical involvement following a facelift. OBSERVATION A 65 year-old woman, without past history, underwent bilateral surgical facelift, complicated by cutaneous necrosis and treated with directed healing at home. Six weeks later, an abscessed nodule appeared under the left maxillary and was drained surgically. Then other pre-auricular and left cervical inflammatory nodules appeared without adenopathy or fever. M. fortuitum was isolated in bacteriological samples. The initially probabilistic antibiotherapy with carithromycin, subsequently adapted with amikacine and cirprofloxacine and then imipeneme for a total duration of 3 months, led to the clinical cure. DISCUSSION Mycobacterium fortuitum is a rapidly growing, ubiquitous, mycobacteria responsible for nosocomial infections in immunocompetent patients, notably following plastic surgery. Contamination occurs where there has been a rupture in the skin barrier through contact with a vector (water, surgical material, antiseptic.). Treatment, which is not codified, consists in the association of surgery and antibiotics for several months.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- K Angeli
- Service de Dermatologie, Hôpital Archet-2, CHU de Nice
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
11
|
Abstract
INTRODUCTION We report an unexpected cenesthetic hallucination-type neuropsychiatric side effect with hydrochloroquine (Plaquenil) in a patient treated for an erosive plantar lichen planus. OBSERVATION A 75 year-old woman was hospitalized for a handicapping erosive plantar lichen. Treatment with hydrochloroquine (400 mg/day) was initiated, associated with topical corticosteroids and a short course of oral acorticosteroids (0.5 mg/kg/day of methylprednisolone). After 10 days of treatment, a short episode of temporo-spatial disorientation occurred, followed by a feeling of depersonalization and cenesthetic hallucinations with feelings in the body. These manifestations were preceded by nightmares. Hydrochloroquine was spontaneously stopped by the patient one week later and led to the progressive disappearance of the hallucinations and a return to a normal mental state within one month. Two and a half years later, no relapse of the psychiatric manifestations has been noted. DISCUSSION Chloroquine and hydrochloroquine may be at the origin of severe psychosis-like psychiatric side effects. Such manifestations are exceptional, little known and principally described during treatment of malaria. The clinical presentation of the psychosis induced by synthetic ani-malarials is fairly homogeneous from one case to the next: onset in a patient without psychiatric past of manifestations such as delirium, hallucinations, maniac episodes or depression after an interval of a few hours to 40 days, usually regressing one week after suspension of the synthetic antimalarial. There is no relationship between the dose of synthetic anti-malarial administered and the onset of psychiatric problems. The triggering-off mechanism is unknown and appears to be an idiosyncratic reaction. Our case report draws the dermatologists' attention to the possibility of the occurrence of potentially severe psychiatric side effects.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- V Ferraro
- Service de Dermatologie, Hôpital de l'Archet II, BP 3079, CHU, 06202 Nice Cedex 3, France
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
12
|
Passeron T, Zakaria W, Ostovari N, Mantoux F, Lacour JPH, Ortonne JP. Treatment of erosive oral lichen planus by the 308 nm excimer laser. Lasers Surg Med 2004; 34:205. [PMID: 15022246 DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
|
13
|
|
14
|
Passeron T, Mantoux F, Lacour JP, Roger PM, Fosse T, Iannelli A, Ortonne JP. Infectious and toxic cellulitis due to suicide attempt by subcutaneous injection of ricin. Br J Dermatol 2004; 150:154. [PMID: 14746634 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2004.05732.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- T Passeron
- Departments of Dermatology, Hospital Archet-2, BP 3079, 06202 Nice cedex 3, France.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
15
|
|
16
|
Mantoux F, Sebban K, Cassuto E, Lacour JP, Ortonne JP. [Staphylococcal nodular lymphangitis in a renal transplant recipient]. Presse Med 2003; 32:1123-4. [PMID: 12947743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/04/2023] Open
|
17
|
Mantoux F, Castanet J, Perrin C, Fuzibet JG, Lacour JP, Ortonne JP. [Cutaneous Waldenström's macroglobulinemia]. Ann Dermatol Venereol 2002; 129:53-5. [PMID: 11937931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND We report the case of a patient in whom the first manifestation of Waldenström' s macroglobulinemia was specific skin lesions, treated with chlorambucil chemotherapy. CASE REPORT A 76-years old woman was referred to us because of chronic red nodular lesions on her face. A biopsy specimen showed a dense lymphocytic dermal infiltrate and immunohistochemistry identified a monoclonal B lymphoid population with an IgM-kappa phenotype. The patient's disease was diagnosed as Waldenström's macroglobulinemia with cutaneous localization, on the basis of a high level of circulating macroglobulinemia and a lymphoplasmocytic infiltrate in the bone marrow expressing the same monoclonal IgM-kappa as in blood and skin. Treatment with radiotherapy (12 Grays) was unsuccessful. Chlorambucil (16 mg per day, 7 days per month) was then introduced with rapid disappearance of the skin lesions. Neutropenia led to withdrawal of this treatment after 4 courses. The skin lesions relapsed 18 months later and were cured with chlorambucil at a lower dose. DISCUSSION Specific skin infiltrates have been rarely described during Waldenström's macroglobulinemia. Review of the literature showed eight cases of such lesions treated by chemotherapy with only two successes with oral cyclophosphamide and polychemotherapy (cyclophosphamide, vincristine and CCNU). Chlorambucil was used unsuccessfully three times. We hypothesize that primary resistance to alkylating-agent and the small number of cases of cutaneous Waldenström's macroglobulinemia may explain the poor response to systemic chemotherapy previously reported.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- F Mantoux
- Service de Dermatologie, Hôpital Archet 2, Nice.
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
18
|
Buscà R, Abbe P, Mantoux F, Aberdam E, Peyssonnaux C, Eychène A, Ortonne JP, Ballotti R. Ras mediates the cAMP-dependent activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERKs) in melanocytes. EMBO J 2000; 19:2900-10. [PMID: 10856235 PMCID: PMC203360 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.12.2900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 288] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2000] [Revised: 04/20/2000] [Accepted: 04/20/2000] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
Abstract
In melanocytes and melanoma cells, cAMP activates extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERKs) and MEK-1 by an unknown mechanism. We demonstrate that B-Raf is activated by cAMP in melanocytes. A dominant-negative mutant of B-Raf, but not of Raf-1, blocked the cAMP-induced activation of ERK, indicating that B-Raf is the MEK-1 upstream regulator mediating this cAMP effect. Studies using Clostridium sordelii lethal toxin and Clostridium difficile toxin B have suggested that Rap-1 or Ras might transduce cAMP action. We show that Ras, but not Rap-1, is activated cell-specifically and mediates the cAMP-dependent activation of ERKs, while Rap-1 is not involved in this process in melanocytes. Our results suggest a novel, cell-specific mechanism involving Ras small GTPase and B-Raf kinase as mediators of ERK activation by cAMP. Also, in melanocytes, Ras or ERK activation by cAMP is not mediated through protein kinase A activation. Neither the Ras exchange factor, Son of sevenless (SOS), nor the cAMP-responsive Rap-1 exchange factor, Epac, participate in the cAMP-dependent activation of Ras. These findings suggest the existence of a melanocyte-specific Ras exchange factor directly regulated by cAMP.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- R Buscà
- INSERM U385, Faculté de Médecine, Avenue de Valombrose, 06107 Nice Cédex 2, France. busca@unice. fr
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
19
|
Desruelles F, Delaunay P, Marty P, Del Giudice P, Mantoux F, Le Fichoux Y, Ortonne JP. [Myiasis caused by Dermatoba hominis after an organized tours in Amazonia]. Presse Med 1999; 28:2223-5. [PMID: 10636010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Human cutaneous myiasis is a common disease in endemic tropical zones. The incidence of imported cases follows the development of organized tours in the tropics. CASE REPORTS We report 2 cases of Dermatobia hominis furonculoid myiasis in patients who took 2 different organized tours which both visited the same Amazonian site in Peru (Puerto Maldonado). DISCUSSION In Latin American countries, D. hominis myiasis is transmitted by Diptera (generally mosquitos, rarely flies) who carry eggs laid by an adult fly to man. This phenomena is called "phoresia" and explains the preferential localization of lesions in exposed areas unlike African myiasis caused by Cordylobia anthropophaga which contaminates clothing soiled when drying.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- F Desruelles
- Service de Dermatologie, Hôpital de l'Archet 2, Nice.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
20
|
Mantoux F, Bahadoran P, Perrin C, Bermon C, Lacour JP, Ortonne JP. [Flutamide-induced late cutaneous pseudoporphyria]. Ann Dermatol Venereol 1999; 126:150-2. [PMID: 10352831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Pseudoporphyria is a condition characterized by clinical and histological changes resembling porphyria cutanea tarda, in the absence of any demonstrable abnormality in porphyrin metabolism. Etiologies of pseudoporphyria are hemodialysis for chronic renal failure, chronic UV irradiation, and several drugs, particularly naproxen. We report a case of flutamide induced pseudoporphyria. CASE REPORT A 75-year-old man had prostatic carcinoma and was treated with flutamide for 1-1/2 years. He presented with a several months history of blisters on the back of the hands and fingers, occurring after sun exposures. The bullae were associated with skin fragility and atrophic scarring. Histopathological examination and direct immunofluorescence showed ultrastructural features close to those described in porphyria cutanea tarda. Quantitative analysis of porphyrins in urine and laboratory blood tests were normal. Flutamide was stopped, leading to healing of the lesions, with no relapse after 11 months. DISCUSSION Flutamide is an antiandrogen used for the treatment of prostatic carcinoma. Its principal side-effect is represented by liver toxicity. Cutaneous side-effects of flutamide are uncommon; three cases of photo-allergic dermatitis have been described, and we report with our observation, the third case of cutaneous pseudoporphyria induced by flutamide.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- F Mantoux
- Service de Dermatologie, Hôpital L'Archet 2, Nice
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
21
|
|
22
|
Castanet J, Taillan B, Mantoux F. [Gangrene with normal pulse]. Rev Med Interne 1996; 17:262-3. [PMID: 8734150 DOI: 10.1016/0248-8663(96)81255-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- J Castanet
- Service de dermatologie, hôpital Pasteur, Nice, France
| | | | | |
Collapse
|