I Przybylska-Rybczyńska

PubMed2000

[Trichotillomania--case report].

This paper presents a case of trichotillomania involving the eyelids and eyebrows. This is a chronic illness that may be difficult to treat. The most common approach consists of pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy combination. Trichotillomania, classified in DSM IV as an impulse control disorder is characterized by an irresistible urge to pull hair, accompanied by a build up of tension and subsequent sense of relief. The mean age of onset is 8 years for males and 12 for females. Hair is pulled from a variety of sites, most frequently from the scalp but also eyelashes, eyebrows, beard, armpit and the pubic area.

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PubMed1996

[Hypertrophy of retinal pigment epithelium--epidemiology, clinical characteristics and differential diagnosis].

The aim of the study is to show the clinical features of hypertrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium. The authors have studied five own cases (all women, mean age 42 years). All patients had a complete ophthalmological examination including fluorescein angiography (the follow-up time was 6 to 12 months). They also had general medical examination to find the possible association with intestinal polyposis with probable malignant transformation (Gardner's syndrome). Although hypertrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium is so far a benign lesion, the patients should be checked up every year. All hyperpigmented lesions of the ocular fundus are serious for clinicians because of the suspicion of their malignancies.

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