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The rapid increase in atmospheric temperature detected in the last decades in the Western Antarctic Peninsula was accompanied by a strong glacier retreat and an increase in production of melting water, as well as changes in the sea-ice dynamic. The objective of this study was to analyze the succession of micro- and mesozooplankton during a warm annual cycle (December 2010-December 2011) in an Antarctic coastal environment (Potter Cove). The biomass of zooplankton body size classes was used to predict predator-prey size relationships (i.e., to test bottom-up/top-down control effects) using a Multiple Linear Regression Analysis. The micro- and mesozooplanktonic successions were graphically analyzed to detect the influence of environmental periods (defined by the degree of glacial melting, sea-ice freezing and sea-ice melting) on coupling/uncoupling planktonic biomass curves associated to possible predator-prey size relationship scenarios. At the beginning of the glacial melting, medium and large mesozooplankton (calanoid copepods, Euphausia superba, and Salpa thompsoni) exert a top-down control on Chl-a and microzooplankton. Stratification of the water column benefitted the availability of adequate food-size (Chl-a <20) for large microzooplankton (tintinnids) development observed during fall. High abundance of omnivores mesozooplankton (Oithona similis and furcilia of E. superba) during sea-ice freezing periods would be due to the presence of available heterotrophic food under or within the sea ice. Finally, the increase in microzooplankton abundance in the middle of spring, when sea-ice melting starts, corresponded to small and medium dinoflagellates and ciliates species, which were possibly part of the biota of sea ice. If glacier retreat continues and the duration and thickness of the sea ice layer fluctuates as predicted by climate models, our results predict a future scenario regarding the zooplankton succession in Antarctic coastal environments.

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A combined approach merging stable isotopes and fatty acids was applied to study anthropogenic pollution in the Río Negro estuary. Fatty acid markers of vegetal detritus indicated considerable allochthonous inputs at freshwater sites. Correlative evidence of diatom fatty acids, δ13C, chlorophyll and particulate organic matter suggested the importance of diatoms for the autochthonous organic matter production at the river mouth. Low δ15N values (~0‰) and high fatty acid 18:1(n-7) concentrations in the suspended particulate matter, in combination with the peaks of coliforms and ammonium, indicated a strong impact of untreated sewage discharge. The 15N depletion was related to oxygen-limited ammonification processes and incorporation of 15N depleted ammonium to microorganisms. This work demonstrates that the combined use of lipid and isotopic markers can greatly increase our understanding of biogeochemical factors and pollutants influencing estuaries, and our findings highlight the urgent need for water management actions to reduce eutrophication.

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El liquen plano pilar es una variante clínica del liquen plano, que afecta al cuero cabelludo donde su estadio final provoca una alopecia cicatrizal, que se acompaña en general, de un gran impacto negativo en la calidad de vida del enfermo. Hasta la fecha existe una gran escasez de estudios publicados, que informen tratamientos quirúrgicos. OBJETIVO: se evalúa la eficacia del trasplante de cabello bajo la técnica FUE (extracción de unidades foliculares) y determinar directrices para óptimos resultados. MATERIAL Y MÉTODO: se presenta una mujer con LPP de siete años de evolución. Después de una biopsia de cuero cabelludo y una sesión terapéutica, se procedió a un trasplante. Fueron realizados controles fotográficos a los dos, cuatro y seis meses para determinar éxito-fracaso. RESULTADO: se observó un crecimiento de cabello a partir de los 2-3 meses, sin cicatrices visibles en el área donante. CONCLUSIÓN: la técnica FUE es un proceso bien tolerado y seguro para mejorar la pérdida de cabello en un LPP, que histológicamente muestra una falta de inflamación (estadio cicatrizal). Esta técnica merece en nuestra opinión, más estudios a futuro.

BACKGROUND: lichen planopilar is a clinical variant of lichen planus, which affects the scalp and in the final stage which causes scarring alopecia, entailing a significant impact on quality of life. To date no shortage of published studies reporting surgical treatments. OBJECTIVE: effectiveness on hair transplant FUE technique and determine guidelines for optimum results is evaluated. MATERIAL AND METHOD: a woman with LLP seven years of evolution is presented. After scalp biopsy and a therapeutic meeting, he underwent a transplant. Photographic controls the 2.4 and six months were performed to determine success. RESULT: hair growth was observed after 2-3 months without visible scars in the donor area. CONCLUSION: technique FUE was a well tolerated and safe process to improve hair loss in LPP histologically shows a lack of inflammation (scarring stage).

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Quantifying biotic feedbacks in response to environmental signals is fundamental to assess ecosystem perturbation. We analyzed the joint effects of eutrophication, derived from sewage pollution, and climate at the base of the pelagic food web in the Bahía Blanca Estuary (SW Atlantic Ocean). A two-year survey of environmental conditions and microplankton communities was conducted in two sites affected by contrasting anthropogenic eutrophication conditions. Under severe eutrophication, we found higher phytoplankton abundance consistently dominated by smaller sized, non siliceous species, while microzooplankton abundance remained lower and nutrient stoichiometry showed conspicuous deviations from the Redfield ratio. Phytoplankton growth in such conditions appeared controlled by phosphorous. In turn, microplankton biomass and phytoplankton size ratio (<20µm:>20µm) displayed a saturation relationship with nutrients in the highly eutrophic area, although mean phytoplankton growth was similar in both eutrophic systems. The strength of links within the estuarine network, quantified through path analysis, showed enhanced relationships under larger anthropogenic eutrophication, which fostered the climate influence on microplankton communities. Our results show conspicuous effects of severe sewage pollution on the ecological stoichiometry, i.e., N and P excess with respect to Si, altering nutrient ratios for microplankton communities. This warns on wide consequences on food web dynamics and ultimately in ecosystem assets of coastal pelagic environments.

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Comunicamos el caso de una papulosis linfomatoide en una mujer de 38 años, el tipo histológico es B. Efectuamos una revisión de la entidad y sus interrogantes aún no resueltos. Se reivindica a su descubridor y el nombre inicial de su enfermedad: Warren L Macaulay y erupción rítmica paradojal, respectivamente.(AU)

A 38 years-old woman with a type B of lymphomatoid papulosis, is reported. A review of this peculiar disease and its unresolved questions is made. We make tribute to the dermatologist who described the disease and the initial name: Warren L. Macaulay and rhythmic paradoxical eruption, respectively.(AU)

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Los leiomiomas son tumores infrecuentes, los piloleiomiomas son el tipo clínico más común y puede ser solitario o múltiple; este último puede ser esporádico o familiar. Presentamos un caso clínico de piloleiomiomas múltiples en dorso, en un paciente joven, a quien se le realizaron estudios para descartar una patología asociada.(AU)

Leiomyomas are rare tumors, piloleiomyomas are the most common clinical type and can be solitary or multiple which can be sporadic or familial. We report a case of multiple piloleiomyomas in the back of a young patient, in which studies were performed to rule out pathology associated.(AU)

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Comunicamos el caso de una papulosis linfomatoide en una mujer de 38 años, el tipo histológico es B. Efectuamos una revisión de la entidad y sus interrogantes aún no resueltos. Se reivindica a su descubridor y el nombre inicial de su enfermedad: Warren L Macaulay y erupción rítmica paradojal, respectivamente.

A 38 years-old woman with a type B of lymphomatoid papulosis, is reported. A review of this peculiar disease and its unresolved questions is made. We make tribute to the dermatologist who described the disease and the initial name: Warren L. Macaulay and rhythmic paradoxical eruption, respectively.

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Los leiomiomas son tumores infrecuentes, los piloleiomiomas son el tipo clínico más común y puede ser solitario o múltiple; este último puede ser esporádico o familiar. Presentamos un caso clínico de piloleiomiomas múltiples en dorso, en un paciente joven, a quien se le realizaron estudios para descartar una patología asociada.

Leiomyomas are rare tumors, piloleiomyomas are the most common clinical type and can be solitary or multiple which can be sporadic or familial. We report a case of multiple piloleiomyomas in the back of a young patient, in which studies were performed to rule out pathology associated.

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Comunicamos el caso de una papulosis linfomatoide en una mujer de 38 años, el tipo histológico es B. Efectuamos una revisión de la entidad y sus interrogantes aún no resueltos. Se reivindica a su descubridor y el nombre inicial de su enfermedad: Warren L Macaulay y erupción rítmica paradojal, respectivamente.

A 38 years-old woman with a type B of lymphomatoid papulosis, is reported. A review of this peculiar disease and its unresolved questions is made. We make tribute to the dermatologist who described the disease and the initial name: Warren L. Macaulay and rhythmic paradoxical eruption, respectively.

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Comunicamos un caso de pioderma gangrenoso extendido, en una paciente que padece una enfermedad de Crohn y se encontraba bajo tratamiento de la misma con un anti TNF: el adalimumab. La respuesta a la meprednisona fue satisfactoria.

56-years old woman who suffer a Crohn disease and had have treated with adalimumab, developed a disseminated and severe pyoderma gangrenosum. The response to meprednisona in standard doses was good. The ulcers and enteric-cutaneous fistulae cured.

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Comunicamos un caso de pioderma gangrenoso extendido, en una paciente que padece una enfermedad de Crohn y se encontraba bajo tratamiento de la misma con un anti TNF: el adalimumab. La respuesta a la meprednisona fue satisfactoria.(AU)

56-years old woman who suffer a Crohn disease and had have treated with adalimumab, developed a disseminated and severe pyoderma gangrenosum. The response to meprednisona in standard doses was good. The ulcers and enteric-cutaneous fistulae cured.(AU)

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This study focused on the seasonal and spatial analysis of the mesozooplankton community in a human-impacted subantarctic bay in Argentina and aimed to detect assemblages associated with environmental variability. Mesozooplankton samples and environmental data were obtained in the Ushuaia Bay (UB) seasonally, from August 2004 to June 2005, and spatially, from coastal (more polluted), middle (less influenced) and open sea water (free polluted) sampling stations. Remarkable seasonal changes on the mesozooplankton community were observed. Nitrogenated nutrients, chlorophyll a, salinity and temperature were the prevailing environmental conditions likely associated with the different mesozooplankton assemblages found in the bay. The copepods Eurytemora americana, Acartia tonsa, Podon leuckarti and Nematoda were particularly observed on the northwest coast of the bay, characterized by the highest level of urban pollution, eutrophicated by sewage and freshwater inputs from the Encerrada Bay which is connected to it. The stations situated in the northeast area, mostly influenced by freshwater input from rivers and glacier melting, showed low mesozooplankton abundances and an important contribution of adventitious plankton. The copepods Ctenocalanus citer, Clausocalanus brevipes and Drepanopus forcipatus were mostly observed at the stations located near the Beagle Channel, characterized by open sea and free polluted waters. Our findings suggest that the variations observed in the mesozooplankton assemblages in the UB seem to be modulated by environmental variables associated with the anthropogenic influence, clearly detected on the coast of the bay. Certain opportunistic species such as A. tonsa and E. americana could be postulated as potential bioindicators of water quality in subantarctic coastal ecosystems.

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Comunicamos un caso de eritema indurado de Bazin-vasculitis nodular en una mujer de 22 años, con una reacción fuertemente positiva al test de la tuberculina, lesiones ulceradas y una buena respuesta a la terapia anti tuberculosa hasta el momento. Se discute la ubicación nosológica de esta entidad y se enfatiza sobre la necesidad de una biopsia amplia adecuada.

A 22-old woman with an erythema induratum de Bazin-nodular vasculitis was reported, the tuberculin test was strongly positive measuring 17 mm of diameter. The patient had indolent ulcerated lesions, the therapy with four anti-tuberculous drugs results effective until now. The existence of the entity as unique or not as well the need of a wide biopsy is discussed.

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Comunicamos un caso de eritema indurado de Bazin-vasculitis nodular en una mujer de 22 años, con una reacción fuertemente positiva al test de la tuberculina, lesiones ulceradas y una buena respuesta a la terapia anti tuberculosa hasta el momento. Se discute la ubicación nosológica de esta entidad y se enfatiza sobre la necesidad de una biopsia amplia adecuada.(AU)

A 22-old woman with an erythema induratum de Bazin-nodular vasculitis was reported, the tuberculin test was strongly positive measuring 17 mm of diameter. The patient had indolent ulcerated lesions, the therapy with four anti-tuberculous drugs results effective until now. The existence of the entity as unique or not as well the need of a wide biopsy is discussed.(AU)

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Comunicamos un caso de pioderma gangrenoso de localización vulvar, en una mujer de 45 años, correspondiendo a una variante clásica (ulcerosa) idiomática, hasta la fecha.(AU)

We report a case of vulvar location pyoderma gangrenosum, in a 45 years-old woman, corresponding to a classical variant (ulcerous) idiopathic, to date.(AU)

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Comunicamos un caso de pioderma gangrenoso de localización vulvar, en una mujer de 45 años, correspondiendo a una variante clásica (ulcerosa) idiomática, hasta la fecha.

We report a case of vulvar location pyoderma gangrenosum, in a 45 years-old woman, corresponding to a classical variant (ulcerous) idiopathic, to date.

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Comunicamos un caso con dos melanomas "in situ", en un varón de 86 años, localizados en ambos lados de la cara con alto riesgo quirúrgico, quien fuera tratado con imiquimod al 5% una vez al día durante dos meses; los resultados hasta el momento, clínicos e histológicos han sido satisfactorios.

A 86 years-old man with two melanomas "in situ" at both sides of his face, treated with imiquimod 5% are presented. The patient has a cardiovascular high risk due to isquemic heart disease, for that reason we start the treatment with imiquimod once a day for two months. The clinical and histological response was good and a follow up will be as long as we can.

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Comunicamos dos casos de nevo del tejido conectivo, el primero con patrón histológico mixto y el segundo con predominio de alteraciones en las fibras elásticas. No se constataron síndromes ni patología sistémica asociada. Un caso presentó disposición linear y un nevo acrómico asociado.

Two cases of connective tissue nevi are reported, one of them with a mixed histopatologic pattern and one with elastin fibers diminished. None of the patients had systemic involvement or associated syndromes. The mixed connective tissue nevi type showed a linear distribution and has associated an acromic nevi.

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Comunicamos un caso con dos melanomas "in situ", en un varón de 86 años, localizados en ambos lados de la cara con alto riesgo quirúrgico, quien fuera tratado con imiquimod al 5% una vez al día durante dos meses; los resultados hasta el momento, clínicos e histológicos han sido satisfactorios.(AU)

A 86 years-old man with two melanomas "in situ" at both sides of his face, treated with imiquimod 5% are presented. The patient has a cardiovascular high risk due to isquemic heart disease, for that reason we start the treatment with imiquimod once a day for two months. The clinical and histological response was good and a follow up will be as long as we can.(AU)

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Comunicamos dos casos de nevo del tejido conectivo, el primero con patrón histológico mixto y el segundo con predominio de alteraciones en las fibras elásticas. No se constataron síndromes ni patología sistémica asociada. Un caso presentó disposición linear y un nevo acrómico asociado.(AU)

Two cases of connective tissue nevi are reported, one of them with a mixed histopatologic pattern and one with elastin fibers diminished. None of the patients had systemic involvement or associated syndromes. The mixed connective tissue nevi type showed a linear distribution and has associated an acromic nevi.(AU)