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Periorbital edema as initial manifestation of chronic cutaneous lupus erythematosus
Periorbital edema occurs frequently in dermatomyositis, but it has rarely been noted in systemic systemic lupus erythematosus. We describe a patient who developed bilateral periorbital edema and erythema as the sole manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus. Pan African Medical Journal 2012; 12:5
Wet-cupping in the treatment of recalcitrant oral and genital ulceration of Behçet disease: A randomized controlled trial
615-618The recalcitrant oral ulceration (OU) and
genital ulceration (GU) of Behçet disease (BD) can be very distressing and no standard
therapy has been established yet. To determine the efficacy of Wet-cupping
(W-C) as adjuvant treatment of oral and genital ulceration of BD, 24 patients
were included in this prospective
and comparative study. All patients included in the study had a recalcitrant oral and/or genital ulceration BD to conventional drug treatment.
Treatment with W-C decreased significantly the number of episodes
per month, number of ulcers per episode and duration of the episode after 06
months of conventional treatment associated with the
W-C of OU and GU
compared with the group treated only with conventional
treatment. In patients
with OU and GU, the difference in improvement ratings between therapy with W-C group
and the group treated only with conventional treatment was statistically
significant, 91,7%Â of patients in
intervention group had a complete response to oral aphtose, versus 25% of control group. For aphtosis genital response was complete in 100% cases in Intervention group, versus 25% in control group. Our results showed that combining W-C plus
conventional treatment shows great promise as an effective treatment for oral
and genital ulceration in patients with Behçet disease