Posts Tagged ‘angiome stellaire’

Long-Pulsed ND-YAG Laser for Telangiectasia Treatment

Wednesday, December 1st, 2010

Clinical experience in the treatment of different vascular lesions using a neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet laser. Civas E, Koc E, Aksoy B, Aksoy HM. Dermatol Surg. 2009 Dec;35(12):1933-41. This article is interesting because it highlights the efficacy of the treatment of telangiectasia and spider angiomas. Long pulsed NDYAG has mainly been shown to be effective […]

Alcohol (OH) and the Skin – Cirrhosis (For professionals)

Sunday, July 25th, 2010

Dr Christophe Hsu – dermatologist. Geneva, Switzerland Cirrhosis Spider naevi: present in 75% of the time on the face and trunk rarely unilateral of the nevoid type, which abundance would correlate with the existence of oesophageal varicosities (Foutch et al). Nails total apparent leuconychia (Terry’s nails): 80% of patients with cirrhosis. Proximal 2/3 white, presumed […]

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