Clinical Case (Study and Observation) - Sclerodermy, Connective Tissue Disease

 CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE
Sclerodermy

 

SCLERODERMY
CLINICAL MANIFESTATION

This is a connective tissue disturbe with unknown etiology.

Characterized by:
- extreme colagene cutaneous deposition;
vascular alterations;  
-
diverse manifestation, also chronic cutaneous ulcers with difficult cicatrization.

It is important to carry through the distinguishing diagnosis. The clinical treatment of patologie.

As must be effected cutaneous injuries will be able to present secondary complications, as local infection.

TOPICAL TREATMENT

In the topical treatment of these lesions it can be used several products, can be used: silver
sulfadiazine with cerio nitrate
, enzymatic ointment (collagenase, fibrolynosin), hydrocoloid, hydrogel, linoleic acid, ricinoleic a
cid, bioperoxoil, Aloe vera, elicine, papain, albumin, non adherent
gauz
es
, ecc. 

The change period will depend on the chosen product.

 

CLINICAL CASE

J.E., 45 years, female, with esclerodermy history with 23 years, involving esofágico digestive treatment and anal alteration.

The patients presented chronic ulceration, with periods of improvement return, has 16 years. He has 3 years accuses to three ulceration located in internal maleolo it external right ankle, maleolo it left ankle and back it left foot in the height of the projection of the metatarsos forehead them 4º and 5º.

The stream beds of the injuries presented necrotic aspect and fibrinous slough (Photo 1).

Photo 1
Click in the fotografis to extend it.

To notice necrotic aspect and fibrinous slough
of the bed of the wound.

The dressings had been carried through with papain 4%, of 12 in 12 hours, per 6 weeks, occurring the spontaneous injuries cicatrization.

This case was been about interdisciplinary approach, in the  Clinical Hospital of the State University of Campinas (San Paulo - Brazil) by Reconstructive Surgery and Microsurgery Unit - Departament of Orthopedia and Traumatology (then chief L.C.Candido, MD, PhD) and Hyperbaric Medicin Unit (then chief P.E. Iazzetti, MD, PhD).

SEE

DRESSING and COVERINGS

SEE TOO ANOTHER
DERMATOLOGIC LESION

Leprosy
Leishmaniasis
Factitious
Tuberculosis Cutanea
Zooparasite
Radioderm
atitis
Chemotherapy
Vesicular-Bubble
Infect-contagious
Hematologic
 

To KNOW MORE...

It Consults the Feridologo's
Book
!!! NEW APROACH IN THE TREATMENT OF WOUNDS 
Luiz Claudio Candido, MD. Publishing SENAC-SP,
São Paulo-Brazil, 2001
.

 ANOTHER
BIBLIOGRAFYCAL REFERENCE

Consult our "FERIDOTECA"

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