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Ulceration of abdominal striae distensae (stretch marks) in a cancer patient.

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Restorative Oncodermatology: Diagnosis and Management of Dermatologic Sequelae from Cancer Therapies

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Long-term survival of cancer patients has risen dramatically during the last few decades. Despite this remarkable success, the same treatments that have enabled cure or remission often secondarily affect the skin, hair, and nails. Conditions including scarring, striae distensae, persistent alopecia,

Ulceration of Striae distensae in high-grade glioma patients on concurrent systemic corticosteroid and bevacizumab therapy.

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Striae distensae (stretch marks) are a common complication seen in patients on chronic corticosteroid therapy. Under certain circumstances, primary brain tumor patients require chronic corticosteroid therapy and can suffer from striae distensae. Bevacizumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody to

Hypocellular medallion-like dermal dendrocyte hamartoma (plaque-like CD34-positive dermal fibroma).

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Medallion-like dermal dendrocyte hamartoma (MLDDH) is a recently described congenital dermal neoplasm. Only 11 cases have been reported in the English literature and therefore its clinical and pathological manifestations are not completely defined. We report the case of a 20-year-old male presenting

[Visual field in the Cushing syndrome (author's transl)].

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According to traditional opinion the basophile adenoma, in contrast to the eosinophile or chromophobe tumours of the hypophyse, practically never causes lesion of the chiasm. However, the case of a 16-year-old girl suffering from adiposis, hypertonia, striae distensae and a "full moon face" is used

Dehiscence of corticosteroid-induced abdominal striae in a 14-year-old boy treated with bevacizumab for recurrent glioblastoma.

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Corticosteroids have been the mainstay for management of cerebral edema caused by leaky angiogenic vessels associated with high-grade brain tumors since the early 1960s. Chronic corticosteroid use can cause iatrogenic Cushing syndrome, which is associated with weight gain and abdominal striae

ACTH- and prolactin-producing pituitary gland microadenoma with biphasic features of atypia and intermediate filament expression.

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Herein, we report the case of a 28-year old woman clinically presenting with unclear weight gain over the last years. The patient displayed facial and neck edema in combination with unobtrusive striae distensae. Endocrinological examinations led to the diagnosis of Cushing's disease.

Skin changes in the obese patient.

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Obesity is a worldwide major public health problem with an alarmingly increasing prevalence over the past 2 decades. The consequences of obesity in the skin are underestimated. In this paper, we review the effect of obesity on the skin, including how increased body mass index affects skin

Skin diseases in children with organ transplants.

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BACKGROUND Skin diseases are frequent in organ transplant recipients, but studies concerning children are sparse. OBJECTIVE We assessed skin diseases in children who had received organ transplants. METHODS A total of 145 children referred to our dermatologic consultation were

Dermatological complications of obesity.

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Obesity is a health problem of considerable magnitude in the Western world. Dermatological changes have been reported in patients with obesity, including: acanthosis nigricans and skin tags (due to insulin resistance); hyperandrogenism; striae due to over extension; stasis pigmentation due to

Validation of beighton score and prevalence of connective tissue signs in 773 Dutch children.

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OBJECTIVE Validation of the Beighton Score and the prevalence of connective tissue signs were investigated in Dutch children. METHODS Hypermobility investigation according to Beighton was undertaken in 773 healthy children aged 4-12 years. An inventory of the signs that fitted with connective tissue

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