Alopecia in Senegalese women.
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[Cutaneous leishmaniasis in hospital area: epidemiological and clinical aspects, about 16 cases].
Cutaneous leishmaniasis, a chronic infectious ulcerative skin disease caused by a protozoan parasite of the genus Leishmania, is transmitted by the bite of sandflies. We report 16 cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis observed in Dakar from 1990 to 2000. The aim of this retrospective study was to determine the epidemiological and clinical features. Their age range was 10 to 78 years (mean 41.12 years). The sex ratio was 3. The most commun presentation was the ulcero-crusted lesions (bouton d'orient) observed in 56.25% of cases. The other clinical presentation are the sporotrichoid lesions (25%), the lupoid lesions observed in 12.5% and the cutaneous diffus leishmaniasis in 12.5%. In all these cases, there were many lesions. On treatment we observed 87.5% of total remission.
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[Systemic scleroderma: 92 cases in Dakar].
We performed a retrospective study in order to characterize epidemiological data and signs of systemic scleroderma in Sénégal. All patients with the diagnosis according the ACR's criteria of scleroderma were recruited. We included 92 patients, the mean age was 33 years and sex ratio male to female was 0.19 (15 men and 77 women). There were 8 children in our series (8.9%). The initial complaints were cutaneous manifestations (64%) and Raynaud's syndrome (16.3%). Clinical manifestations at admission were muco-cutaneous (100%), osteo-articular and muscular (59%) and Raynaud's syndrome (57%). Focal hypopigmentation was common (70%). Anti-nuclear antibodies were present in 67.4% of patients. Skin biopsy was contributive in all patients in which it was performed (79 cases). Electrocardiogram was abnormal in 55%, non specific inflammatory syndrome was present in 44% and pulmonary function was abnormal in 52%. Our data suggest that systemic scleroderma is more common in younger people in black population. Disorders of pigmentation are common and Raynaud's syndrome is uncommon.
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