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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.
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Amiloidose/patologia , Dermatopatias/patologia , Amiloidose/epidemiologia , Equador , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Dermatopatias/epidemiologia , Fatores de TempoRESUMO
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.
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Infecções por Nematoides/epidemiologia , Dermatopatias Parasitárias/epidemiologia , Adulto , Equador , Eosinofilia/epidemiologia , Feminino , Gnathostoma/isolamento & purificação , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Infecções por Nematoides/patologia , Pele/patologia , Dermatopatias Parasitárias/patologiaRESUMO
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.
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Infecções por Nematoides/parasitologia , Adulto , Equador , Feminino , Gnathostoma , Humanos , Larva Migrans/parasitologia , Larva Migrans/patologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Infecções por Nematoides/patologiaAssuntos
Larva Migrans/epidemiologia , Infecções por Nematoides/epidemiologia , Adulto , Equador , Eosinofilia/etiologia , Feminino , Gnathostoma/anatomia & histologia , Gnathostoma/isolamento & purificação , Humanos , Larva Migrans/diagnóstico , Larva Migrans/parasitologia , Masculino , Infecções por Nematoides/diagnóstico , Pele/parasitologiaRESUMO
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.