Erythroderma: analysis of 247 cases

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Autor(a) principal: Vasconcellos,Cidia
Data de Publicação: 1995
Outros Autores: Domingues,Paula P., Aoki,Valéria, Miyake,Ricardo K., Sauaia,Naim, Martins,José Eduardo C.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Revista de Saúde Pública
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Resumo: The profile of 247 patients with erythroderma during a 23 year period from January, 1962 through March, 1985, with a follow-up period ranging from 1 to 26 years were analysed. The patients presented with diffuse erythema, scaling and pruritus of more than 2 months' duration, and the age ranged from 16 to 60 years. Psoriasis was the most frequent underlying disease with an estimated frequency of 44.9%, the reaction to the use of drugs appeared in 7.3% of total cases and association with reticulosis showed a frequency of 4.1%. The cause of the erythroderma could not be determined in 29.2% of the cases. Sex differences in terms of underlying diseases were not observed. One or more skin biopsies along with the clinical findings were diagnostic or suggestive of the underlying disease in 63.6% of the cases. Repeated skin biopsies are recommended as the best method for etiologic diagnosis of erythroderma. At P=0.05 significance level, masculine/feminine ratio of 2 : 1 was found. The question arises wether causal agent of erythroderma may not be somehow related to different exposure by sex to environmental antigens.
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spelling Erythroderma: analysis of 247 casesDermatitis, exfoliative/epidemiologyincidenceThe profile of 247 patients with erythroderma during a 23 year period from January, 1962 through March, 1985, with a follow-up period ranging from 1 to 26 years were analysed. The patients presented with diffuse erythema, scaling and pruritus of more than 2 months' duration, and the age ranged from 16 to 60 years. Psoriasis was the most frequent underlying disease with an estimated frequency of 44.9%, the reaction to the use of drugs appeared in 7.3% of total cases and association with reticulosis showed a frequency of 4.1%. The cause of the erythroderma could not be determined in 29.2% of the cases. Sex differences in terms of underlying diseases were not observed. One or more skin biopsies along with the clinical findings were diagnostic or suggestive of the underlying disease in 63.6% of the cases. Repeated skin biopsies are recommended as the best method for etiologic diagnosis of erythroderma. At P=0.05 significance level, masculine/feminine ratio of 2 : 1 was found. The question arises wether causal agent of erythroderma may not be somehow related to different exposure by sex to environmental antigens.Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo1995-06-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89101995000300004Revista de Saúde Pública v.29 n.3 1995reponame:Revista de Saúde Públicainstname:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)instacron:USP10.1590/S0034-89101995000300004info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessVasconcellos,CidiaDomingues,Paula P.Aoki,ValériaMiyake,Ricardo K.Sauaia,NaimMartins,José Eduardo C.eng2003-09-05T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0034-89101995000300004Revistahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=0034-8910&lng=pt&nrm=isoONGhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phprevsp@org.usp.br||revsp1@usp.br1518-87870034-8910opendoar:2003-09-05T00:00Revista de Saúde Pública - Universidade de São Paulo (USP)false
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title Erythroderma: analysis of 247 cases
spellingShingle Erythroderma: analysis of 247 cases
Vasconcellos,Cidia
Dermatitis, exfoliative/epidemiology
incidence
title_short Erythroderma: analysis of 247 cases
title_full Erythroderma: analysis of 247 cases
title_fullStr Erythroderma: analysis of 247 cases
title_full_unstemmed Erythroderma: analysis of 247 cases
title_sort Erythroderma: analysis of 247 cases
author Vasconcellos,Cidia
author_facet Vasconcellos,Cidia
Domingues,Paula P.
Aoki,Valéria
Miyake,Ricardo K.
Sauaia,Naim
Martins,José Eduardo C.
author_role author
author2 Domingues,Paula P.
Aoki,Valéria
Miyake,Ricardo K.
Sauaia,Naim
Martins,José Eduardo C.
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Vasconcellos,Cidia
Domingues,Paula P.
Aoki,Valéria
Miyake,Ricardo K.
Sauaia,Naim
Martins,José Eduardo C.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Dermatitis, exfoliative/epidemiology
incidence
topic Dermatitis, exfoliative/epidemiology
incidence
description The profile of 247 patients with erythroderma during a 23 year period from January, 1962 through March, 1985, with a follow-up period ranging from 1 to 26 years were analysed. The patients presented with diffuse erythema, scaling and pruritus of more than 2 months' duration, and the age ranged from 16 to 60 years. Psoriasis was the most frequent underlying disease with an estimated frequency of 44.9%, the reaction to the use of drugs appeared in 7.3% of total cases and association with reticulosis showed a frequency of 4.1%. The cause of the erythroderma could not be determined in 29.2% of the cases. Sex differences in terms of underlying diseases were not observed. One or more skin biopsies along with the clinical findings were diagnostic or suggestive of the underlying disease in 63.6% of the cases. Repeated skin biopsies are recommended as the best method for etiologic diagnosis of erythroderma. At P=0.05 significance level, masculine/feminine ratio of 2 : 1 was found. The question arises wether causal agent of erythroderma may not be somehow related to different exposure by sex to environmental antigens.
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