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Acta Dermatovenerologica Croatica, Vol. 23 No. 2, 2015.

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Stasis Papillomatosis with Cardiac Complications and Vein Insufficiency

Tomasz Zubilewicz ; Chair and Department of Vascular Surgery and Angiology, Medical University of Lublin
Wojciech Brzozowski ; Chair and Department of Cardiology Medical University of Lublin
Grażyna Orlicz-Szczęsna ; Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Lublin
Marek Ilżecki ; Chair and Department of Vascular Surgery and Angiology, Medical University of Lublin
Bartłomiej Wawrzycki ; Chair and Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Pediatric Dermatology Medical University of Lublin.
Monika Podhorecka ; Department of Hematooncology and Bone marrow Transplantation, Medical University of Lublin
Ewa Dybiec ; Department of Pediatric Radiology, Medical University of Lublin
Witold Krupski ; II Department of Radiology, Medical University of Lublin
Aldona Teresa Pietrzak ; Chair and Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Pediatric Dermatology Medical University of Lublin.

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Abstract

ABSTRACT We report the case of a 73-year-old man with massive swelling of the lower extremities, with a chronic and rather uncommon form of stasis dermatitis – stasis papillomatosis. The patient was also diagnosed with severe heart failure, including dilated cardiomyopathy, hypothyroidism that required a substantial dose of exogenous tyrosine, microcytic and megaloblastic anemia, iron deficiency, and type 2 diabetes. The cause of stasis dermatitis lesions is not completely understood. It may be caused by the allergic reaction to some epidermal protein antigen formation or chronic damage to the dermal-epidermal barrier that makes the skin more sensitive to irritants or trauma. It has, however, been suggested that the term stasis dermatitis should be used to refer only to cases caused by chronic venous insufficiency, which belongs to a group of lifestyle diseases and affects both women and men more and more frequently.

 

KEY WORDS: stasis; vein insufficienty; edema; heart failure

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142144

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https://hrcak.srce.hr/142144

Publication date:

21.7.2015.

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