Tinea faciei is a relatively uncommon dermatophyte infection entailing atypical
clinical symptoms, usually misdiagnosed and treated with corticosteroids. The
authors describe a case of tinea faciei on the right eyebrow caused by
Trichophyton interdigitale. The patient was an 18-year-old
girl, who had an inflammatory plaque with a scaly, pustular surface on the right
eyebrow and upper eyelid, which had persisted for over 1 month. She was once
misdiagnosed as having eczema and was treated using corticosteroid cream. A
diagnosis of tinea faciei was made based on direct microscopy and culture. The
sequencing of the nuclear ribosomal ITS region and β-tubulin gene of the
isolate established its T. interdigitale lineage. The patient
was cured by treatment with systemic terbinafine in combination with topical
application of 1% naftifine-0.25% ketaconazole cream for 2 weeks.
Background: Combined cervical cancer and pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is extremely uncommon and there is no standard treatment guideline for the complex comorbidity. We attempted to provide a treatment strategy and explore possible reasons for the comorbidities.Case presentation: We presented a 62-year-old patient seeking treatment for postmenopausal tissue prolapse and leakage of urine, physical examination revealed procidentia with a 2.5 cm papillary and erosive lesion that was pathologically confirmed as cervical squamous cell carcinoma in stage Ib2. Clinical diagnosis included cervical squamous cell carcinoma in stage Ib2, prolapse of the anterior and posterior walls of the vagina and uterine, stress urinary incontinence (SUI), and then she was performed radical surgery for cervical cancer and tension-free vaginal tape-obturator (TVT-O), the urine function was good after operation. The surgery solved two diseases at the same time that improve the QOL of patients while radically curing cervical malignancies.Conclusions: Surgical-based treatment seems to be more suitable that can cure the two diseases and improve the QOL. We should pay attention to the potential high incidence of HPV infection and HPV-related cervical cancer so that don't ignore the screening for cervical cancer in the prolapse group and initiate surgery treatment strategies of cervical cancer or pre-cancerous lesions as early soon as possible to reach an optimal outcome of patient.
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