%0 Journal Article
%T Dermatite esfoliativa: estudo cl¨ªnico-etiol¨®gico de 58 casos
%A Kondo
%A Rog¨¦rio Nabor
%A Gon
%A Airton dos Santos
%A Minelli
%A Lorivaldo
%A Mendes
%A Mauro Filgueiras
%A Pontello
%A Rubens
%J Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
%D 2006
%I Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia
%R 10.1590/S0365-05962006000300004
%X background - exfoliative dermatitis is a cutaneous syndrome characterized by generalized exfoliation and erythema, which may be result from or be associated with pre-existing skin conditions, systemic diseases or drug reactions. objective - to report the frequency of clinical features and causes associated with exfoliative dermatitis in patients seen at the dermatology section of the hospital universit¨¢rio regional do norte do paran¨¢, universidade estadual de londrina. methods - medical records from patients with diagnosis of exfoliative dermatitis seen at the hospital universit¨¢rio regional do norte do paran¨¢ were reviewed over a ten-year period. results - a total of 58 patients with diagnosis of exfoliative dermatitis was assessed. mean age was 56.89 years. the underlying disorder in 33 patients was a skin disease (psoriasis, 11 cases; contact dermatitis, 9 cases; congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma, 3 cases; seborrheic dermatitis, 5 cases; atopic dermatitis, 3 cases; pityriasis rubra pilaris, 2 cases). drug reactions were observed in 11 patients. etiology could not be determined in 14 cases (24%). conclusions - in a sample of patients attending a reference dermatology center, exfoliative dermatitis was a rare condition, and in most cases it was related to skin diseases.
%K dermatitis
%K exfoliative
%K drug eruptions
%K erythema
%K psoriasis.
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