Le cholestérol et la peau (hypercholestérolémie) – Maladies de peau avec une une élévation du cholestérol (pour les professionnels)

Skin conditions associated with elevated cholesterol: androgenic alopecia (androgenetic alopecia)(Male pattern hair loss) “blue toe” syndrome (due to cholesterol emboli) cutaneous reactive angiomatosis (due to cholesterol emboli) (Kaposi-like) gangrene (due to cholesterol emboli) livedo reticularis (due to cholesterol emboli) (livedo racemosa) psoriasis skin necrosis (due to cholesterol emboli) skin tags (along with the other cardiovascular…

Le cholestérol et la peau (hypercholestérolémie) – Médicaments induisant une élévation du cholestérol (pour les professionnels)

Drugs used by dermatologists which which can elevate cholesterol levels: Vitamin A derivatives: Acitretin (and previously etretinate) Alitretinoin Isotretinoin Bibliography Alitretinoin for the treatment of severe chronic hand eczema. Paulden M, Rodgers M, Griffin S, Slack R, Duffy S, Ingram JR, Woolacott N, Sculpher M. Health Technol Assess. 2010 May;14 Suppl 1:39-46. Lipid and teratogenic…

Le cholestérol et la peau (hypercholestérolémie) – Maladies de peau découlant de l’usage des statines (traitement) (pour les professionnels)

Skin conditions associated with statin (cholesterol lowering drug) (HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors) use: chronic urticaria contact dermatitis dermatomyositis erythema multiforme ichtyosis (not specified) lichen planus-like reactions, lichen planus pemphigoides lichenoid drug eruption linear Iga bullous dermatosis polymyositis subacute lupus erythematosus systemic lupus erythematosus Bibliography Chronic urticaria to atorvastatin. Anliker MD, Wüthrich B. Allergy. 2002 Apr;57(4):366. Erythema…

Le cholestérol et la peau (hypercholestérolémie) – Les statines: un nouveau traitement pour la dermatologie ? (pour les professionnels)

Statins (hypolipaemic or cholesterol lowering drug) (HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors) as a new dermatologic drug ? Potential applications include: alopecia areata* allergic contact dermatitis antifungal atopic dermatitis chronic idiopathic urticaria cutaneous T-cell lymphomas (stimulation of lymphoma cell apoptosis through Fas-L expression) (CTCL) cutaneous melanoma (cutaneous apoptosis has been demonstrated in vitro) dermatographism graft-versus-host disease mastocytosis (urticaria…

Sanofi-Aventis ®

Amycor Onychoset ® (bifonazole, urea): used in chemical nail avulsion Gardasil ® : Human papillomavirus vaccine (prevention of genital warts and cervix cancer) Note that the list is updated regularly as all pharmaceutical companies and products are not included. This is simply a guide to medications which are known to the authors of the website.…

Poster: Utilité de l’association au propanolol-laser à colorant pulsé (LCP) pour le traitement des hémangiomes ulcérés ? (Pour les professionnels)

Poster: Utility of Associating Propanolol To The Pulse Dye Laser For The Treatment Of Ulcerated Hemangiomas (For Professionals) Observations: Study of two cases –Case no 1: female baby of two months of age presenting with an ulcerated hemangioma on the back measuring 10 x 6 cm painful treated by PDL (V-star, 8J/cm2), length of pulse 0.5ms,…

Poster: Efficacité de la toxine botulique par voie intradermique dans l’amylose maculeuse (Pour les professionnels)

Poster: Utilty of Intradermally Administered Botulinum Toxin In The Treatment of Macular Amyloidosis (For Professionals) Observation : -male patient of 55 years of age, phototype IV -followed-up for macular amyloidosis (histologically proven) for 4 years, located preesternally, in the interscapular and scapular areas. -intense nocturnal pruritus (8 on a scale from 0 to 8). -lesions…

Poster: Intérêt des greffes de melanocytes non-cultivés dans le traitement du vitiligo (Pour les professionnels)

Poster: Utility Of Non-Cultured Melanocyte Grafts In The Treatment of Vitiligo (For Professionals) GOAL : To study the interest of these types of grafts in a retrospective study over 10 years concerning 23 patients (12 male) with a vitiligo (cervi-facial in 60% of cases). The vitligo has been stable for at least 2 years and has…

Dépistage de la tuberculose avant un traitement par biologiques (anti-TNF)

Monitoring patients on methotrexate: hepatic fibrosis not seen in patients with normal serum assays of aminoterminal peptide of type III procollagen. Maurice PD, Maddox AJ, Green CA, Tatnall F, Schofield JK, Stott DJ. Br J Dermatol. 2005 Mar;152(3):451-8. Methotrexate therapy for conditions such as psoriasis are hepatotoxic. Regular monitoring of liver function is mandatory and…

Etats-Unis (anglais)

Acne vulgaris: http://www.isdionline.org/index.htm Actinic keratosis: http://www.skincancer.org/ Albinism: http://www.albinism.org/ Alopecia areata: http://www.baldgirlsdolunch.org/, http://www.naaf.org/site/PageServer?pagename=homepage Arterio-veinous malformation: http://www.novanews.org/ Basal cell carcinoma prevention: http://www.skincancerprevention.org/ Basal cell nevus syndrome: http://www.bccns.org/ Behcet’s syndrome: http://www.behcets.com/site/pp.asp?c=bhJIJSOCJrH&b=260521 Bullous pemphigoid: http://www.pemphigus.org/ Cicatricial alopecia: http://www.carfintl.org/ Collodion baby: http://www.scalyskin.org/index.cfm Darier’s disease: http://www.scalyskin.org/index.cfm, http://depts.washington.edu/ichreg/ichthyosis.registry/ Degos’s disease: http://www.degosdisease.com/ Congenital nevus: http://www.nevusnetwork.org/ Dermatitis: http://www.nationaleczema.org/, http://www.isdionline.org/index.htm Dysplastic nevus: http://www.skincancer.org/ Ectodermal dysplasia:…