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55th Brazilian Dermatology Congress-Salvador, State of Bahia, Brazil
55th Brazilian Dermatology Congress–Salvador, State of Bahia, Brazil EDITED BY MARCIA RAMOS-E-SILVA, MD
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he Brazilian Society of Dermatology (BSD) hosted its last Congress of the 20th century in Salvador, Bahia, from September 23 to 27, 2000. The annual Congress, held each year in September, is the BSD’s most important event. The city of Bahia, now capital of the state of Bahia, was Brazil’s first capital. The 55th Brazilian Congress of Dermatology took place in the same year Brazil was celebrating 500 years of its discovery by the Portuguese, inspiring the logo of the event (Figure 1) and entailing countless celebrations. The efforts of Board of Directors of the Congress, Enio Barreto, President; Ariene Paixa˜o and Vito´ria Reˆgo, Vice-Presidents; Ivonise Follador, Secretary-General; Silvana Dall’Igna, Treasurer; and Paulo Machado, President of the Scientific Committee (Figure 2), were fully rewarded by the enrollment of 2,500 dermatologists. This impressive attendance represented a great achievement for the BSD.
the content of epidermal melanin and the basal-cell carcinoma: a morphometric study, by Angela E.C. Mutti, A.A. Barbosa Jr., and M. Sadigursky. The Resident’s Forum granted the first prize to Guilherme Olavo Olsen de Almeida, F.M. Paschoal, A.S. Vieira, G. Landman, and G.G.O. Serri, for the work Ultrasound in the diagnosis of tumors of subcutaneous cellular tissue. Among the 407 posters presented, the best ones in each category were: Participation of dendritic cells in the physiopathogeny of endemic pemphigus foliaceous (Basic Science Research), by Maria de Paula do Valle Chiossi, R.S. Costa and Ana Maria Ferreira Roselino; HTLV-1⫹ Infective dermatitis in the state of Bahia, Brazil (Clinical research), by M.F. Oliveira, D.L. Schaer, Paula Magalha˜es Neves, C. Pedrozo, and A. Bittencourt; and Acute juvenile pityriasis rubra pilaris type III (Historical value), by Maria Ester Massara Cafe´, P.R. Saloma˜o, O.F. Figueiredo, and L.F. Xavier.
Scientific Sessions The Congress lasted five days, two of which were dedicated to courses and three to other activities, including: 12 conferences with foreign speakers, 43 symposia, 4 parallel symposia, 11 special sessions, 5 interactive sessions, 477 mini oral communications, and 407 posters. Eighteen theoretical courses and 81 practical courses were given at four university hospitals, with demonstrations of practical dermatological procedures on live patients, spanning areas such as radiosurgery, cryosurgery, dermatoscopy, laser, and others. Besides offering an excellent learning opportunity for the small groups of participants that attended the live demonstrations, the Congress also offered medical free services to about five hundred patients, developing a community assistance aspect during the event.
Scientific Prizes Several prizes were awarded among the first places in Research Work and in Previous Notes of Thesis were: Erythema nodosum leproticum, a classical Arthus reaction? by Jane Tomimori Yamashita, S. Merfeld, K. Fischer, B. Wigbels, and C. Sunderkotter; and Relationship between Address correspondence to Marcia Ramos-e´-Silva, MD, Rua Sorocaba 464 Grupo 205, Botafo, CEP 22271, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. E-mail: [email protected]. © 2001 by Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved. 655 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10010
Local and Foreign Speakers The Congress benefited from the help of major Brazilian dermatologists (Figures 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7) who presented their experience in their areas of expertise. Among the several foreign speakers present were, from the United States, A. Bernard Ackerman (New York) who talked about a Unifying concept of fungoid mycoses, and Bruce Thiers (Charleston, South Carolina), (Figure 8) who, among other subjects, gave a lecture entitled What’s new in dermatology therapy, in which he presented innovations related to medications for infections for the herpes virus, oral administration of ivermectin for several types of infestations, the use of mupirocin for the elimination of nasal staphylococcoses, and recent progress with the use of cyclosporine, tacrolimus, mycophenolate mofetil, calcipotriene, phototherapy, and retinoids for treatment of atopic eczema and/or psoriasis. From London, United Kingdom, came Anne Black, who lectured about Autoimmune urticaria, showing that in more than 40% of chronic urticaria patients, autoimmunity plays an important role, but there is no simple method to detect this serious condition; Martin Black (Figure 3), who discussed the New aspects of autoimmune bullous diseases, highlighting the number of autoimmune bullous diseases where the epitope spreading phenomenon may be important; and Balbir Bhogal (Fig0738-081X/01/$–see front matter PII S0738-081X(01)00210-3
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Figure 1. The congress logo, showing the three races that compose the Brazilian population and one of Cabral’s ships that arrived at the state of Bahia 500 years ago.
Figure 2. Board of Directors of the Congress: Paulo Machado, President of the Scientific Committee; Ivonise Follador, Secretary-General; Enio Barreto, President; Silvana Dall’Igna, Treasurer; and Vitoria Rego, Vice-President, all from Salvador, Bahia.
Figure 3. Alena Darwick (Belem, Brazil), Tania Cestari (Porto Alegre, Brazil), Gilvan Alves (Brasilia, Brazil), Martin Black (London, United Kingdom), and Marcia Ramos-e-Silva (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), speakers of the Symposium Dermatoses of Pregnancy.
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Figure 4. Ivonise Follador, Secretary-General (Salvador, Brazil); Balbir Bhogal (London, United Kingdom); Ana Guiomar Franco, Social Committee (Salvador, Brazil); and Ana Maria Guerra e Sousa, Social Committee (Salvador, Brazil), enjoying some typical Bahian cuisine.
Figure 5. Alice and Mauricio Alchorne (Sa˜ o Paulo, Brazil), President of the Brazilian Society of Dermatology, 1999 –2000.
Figure 6. Tania Cestari (Porto Alegre, Brazil); Sebastia˜ o Sampaio (Sa˜ o Paulo, Brazil); Ivonise Follador (Salvador, Brazil), Secretary-General of the 55th Brazilian Congress of Dermatology; Marcio Rutowitsch (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); Doris Hexsel (Porto Alegre, Brazil); and Enio Barreto (Salvador, Brazil), President of the 55th Brazilian Congress of Dermatology.
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Figure 7. Fernando de Almeida (Sa˜ o Paulo, Brazil), Ingrid de Almeida (Sa˜ o Paulo, Brazil), Alberto Cardoso (Maceio´ , Brazil), Silvana Cardoso (Maceio´ , Brazil), Marcio Lobo Jardim (Recife, Brazil), Sarita Martins (Recife, Brazil), Orcanda Patrus (Belo Horizonte, Brazil), and Zelia Patrus (Belo Horizonte, Brazil), at one of the excellent parties offered during the Congress.
ure 4), who spoke about Autoimmune bullous diseases: from immunofluorescence to molecular biology, calling attention to the new progress of immunofluorescence techniques, immunoblotting, and immunoelectron microscopy in bullous intra-epidermal autoimmune and subepidermic diseases. Antonella Tosti, from Bologna, Italy, in her presentation about The nail in the diagnosis of systemic diseases focused on how nail abnormalities can be utilized as clues for early diagnosis of systemic conditions; Antonio Picoto, from Lisbon, Portugal, made a Critical evaluation on dermatologic cosmetic surgery, recommending prudence with patients. Even with all the innovations acquired in the last few years in dermatology surgery, he asked dermatologists not to forget the important limits of all surgical techniques and offered a reminder that accidents may occur in any of them. From Caracas, Venezuela, Elda Giansante came to
Figure 8. Bruce Thiers (Charleston, United States) and Thomas Ruzicka (Duesseldorf, Germany).
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Figure 9. Dermatologists enjoying the exotic fruits and ice creams of the state of Bahia at one of the four marvelous parties offered during the Congress.
discuss the New therapies for atopic dermatitis, and Ricardo Pe´ rez Alfonso discussed Infectious oral pathology: diagnostic clues, commenting on the interaction of bacteria, fungi, and viruses inside the oral cavity in health and disease. From France, Jean Revuz (Paris) presented an Update on acne treatment; Robert Baran (Cannes) discussed the useful association of oral medication and local weekly applications of lacquer in his lecture Recent advances of the combined therapy for onychomycosis; Jean-Franc¸ ois Nicolas (Lyon) spoke about the UV-induced immunosuppression pathophysiology; and Ste´ phane Belaich (Paris) discussed the Advances in amicrobial pustular dermatosis, including information on new disorders such as amicrobial pustulosis and systemic lupus erythematosus, acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis, IgA pemphigus, and anticonvulsivant hypersensitity syndrome. Thomas Ruzincka (Figure 8), from Duesseldorf, Germany, discussed New developments in inflammatory skin diseases, also commenting about the new drugs available, some not yet available in Brazil, such as tacrolimus.
Figure 10. Several authorities and the Board of Directors of the Congress at the opening ceremony.
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Tourism, Culture, Social Program and Exhibition The city of Salvador, one of the oldest in Brazil, provided the Congress participants with its customary hospitality. Spouses, guests, and even the participants, in the breaks between the presentations, were able to enjoy the beautiful beaches (preferably with a hat, T-shirt, and lots of sunscreen), the wonderful tourist and historical sites, as well as the delicious and original cuisine from Bahia, with the unaware always cautious not to overdo it with the pepper. A parallel course called Bahia, cultural expressions revealed cultural and historical aspects of Bahia during two days of the Congress. Every night of the event featured a great party, each one of the four nights with a different theme and at a different venue, assembling all the Congress participants in a very warm climate of joy and togetherness (Figure 9). At the opening ceremony (Figure 10), that counted with the presence of several authorities, a film about the history of SBD and past Brazilian Dermatology Congresses was presented, including the first one, inspired and presided by Professor Joa˜ o Ramos-e-Silva, with testimonies by the elder, photos and footage from old films. Before the delicious dinner offered by the Congress, a show with music included one of Brazil’s
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most famous cavaquinho (a small guitar) players, Armandinho, who with this typical Brazilian instrument, performed wonderful popular music, including a classical piece, Ravel’s Bolero. In the exhibition area of more than 3,000 square meters, products from 48 industries were displayed. Sharing that same area, a parallel exhibition by cultural organizations from Bahia allowed Congress participants to get acquainted with a little bit of the local culture without leaving the convention center.
Conclusions The annual congress of the BSD was a success in all aspects: scientific, social, cultural, and touristic. The Congress of Salvador, Bahia, closed the Brazilian Dermatology year, century, and millennium with a sensation of victory, leaving everyone looking to the future with a happy spirit. Reported by Ivonise Follador, MD Salvador, Brazil Enio Barreto, MD Salvador, Brazil Marcia Ramos-e-Silva, MD Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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he Brazilian Society of Dermatology (BSD) hosted its last Congress of the 20th century in Salvador, Bahia, from September 23 to 27, 2000. The annual Congress, held each year in September, is the BSD’s most important event. The city of Bahia, now capital of the state of Bahia, was Brazil’s first capital. The 55th Brazilian Congress of Dermatology took place in the same year Brazil was celebrating 500 years of its discovery by the Portuguese, inspiring the logo of the event (Figure 1) and entailing countless celebrations. The efforts of Board of Directors of the Congress, Enio Barreto, President; Ariene Paixa˜o and Vito´ria Reˆgo, Vice-Presidents; Ivonise Follador, Secretary-General; Silvana Dall’Igna, Treasurer; and Paulo Machado, President of the Scientific Committee (Figure 2), were fully rewarded by the enrollment of 2,500 dermatologists. This impressive attendance represented a great achievement for the BSD.
the content of epidermal melanin and the basal-cell carcinoma: a morphometric study, by Angela E.C. Mutti, A.A. Barbosa Jr., and M. Sadigursky. The Resident’s Forum granted the first prize to Guilherme Olavo Olsen de Almeida, F.M. Paschoal, A.S. Vieira, G. Landman, and G.G.O. Serri, for the work Ultrasound in the diagnosis of tumors of subcutaneous cellular tissue. Among the 407 posters presented, the best ones in each category were: Participation of dendritic cells in the physiopathogeny of endemic pemphigus foliaceous (Basic Science Research), by Maria de Paula do Valle Chiossi, R.S. Costa and Ana Maria Ferreira Roselino; HTLV-1⫹ Infective dermatitis in the state of Bahia, Brazil (Clinical research), by M.F. Oliveira, D.L. Schaer, Paula Magalha˜es Neves, C. Pedrozo, and A. Bittencourt; and Acute juvenile pityriasis rubra pilaris type III (Historical value), by Maria Ester Massara Cafe´, P.R. Saloma˜o, O.F. Figueiredo, and L.F. Xavier.
Scientific Sessions The Congress lasted five days, two of which were dedicated to courses and three to other activities, including: 12 conferences with foreign speakers, 43 symposia, 4 parallel symposia, 11 special sessions, 5 interactive sessions, 477 mini oral communications, and 407 posters. Eighteen theoretical courses and 81 practical courses were given at four university hospitals, with demonstrations of practical dermatological procedures on live patients, spanning areas such as radiosurgery, cryosurgery, dermatoscopy, laser, and others. Besides offering an excellent learning opportunity for the small groups of participants that attended the live demonstrations, the Congress also offered medical free services to about five hundred patients, developing a community assistance aspect during the event.
Scientific Prizes Several prizes were awarded among the first places in Research Work and in Previous Notes of Thesis were: Erythema nodosum leproticum, a classical Arthus reaction? by Jane Tomimori Yamashita, S. Merfeld, K. Fischer, B. Wigbels, and C. Sunderkotter; and Relationship between Address correspondence to Marcia Ramos-e´-Silva, MD, Rua Sorocaba 464 Grupo 205, Botafo, CEP 22271, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. E-mail: [email protected]. © 2001 by Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved. 655 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10010
Local and Foreign Speakers The Congress benefited from the help of major Brazilian dermatologists (Figures 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7) who presented their experience in their areas of expertise. Among the several foreign speakers present were, from the United States, A. Bernard Ackerman (New York) who talked about a Unifying concept of fungoid mycoses, and Bruce Thiers (Charleston, South Carolina), (Figure 8) who, among other subjects, gave a lecture entitled What’s new in dermatology therapy, in which he presented innovations related to medications for infections for the herpes virus, oral administration of ivermectin for several types of infestations, the use of mupirocin for the elimination of nasal staphylococcoses, and recent progress with the use of cyclosporine, tacrolimus, mycophenolate mofetil, calcipotriene, phototherapy, and retinoids for treatment of atopic eczema and/or psoriasis. From London, United Kingdom, came Anne Black, who lectured about Autoimmune urticaria, showing that in more than 40% of chronic urticaria patients, autoimmunity plays an important role, but there is no simple method to detect this serious condition; Martin Black (Figure 3), who discussed the New aspects of autoimmune bullous diseases, highlighting the number of autoimmune bullous diseases where the epitope spreading phenomenon may be important; and Balbir Bhogal (Fig0738-081X/01/$–see front matter PII S0738-081X(01)00210-3
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Figure 1. The congress logo, showing the three races that compose the Brazilian population and one of Cabral’s ships that arrived at the state of Bahia 500 years ago.
Figure 2. Board of Directors of the Congress: Paulo Machado, President of the Scientific Committee; Ivonise Follador, Secretary-General; Enio Barreto, President; Silvana Dall’Igna, Treasurer; and Vitoria Rego, Vice-President, all from Salvador, Bahia.
Figure 3. Alena Darwick (Belem, Brazil), Tania Cestari (Porto Alegre, Brazil), Gilvan Alves (Brasilia, Brazil), Martin Black (London, United Kingdom), and Marcia Ramos-e-Silva (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), speakers of the Symposium Dermatoses of Pregnancy.
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Figure 4. Ivonise Follador, Secretary-General (Salvador, Brazil); Balbir Bhogal (London, United Kingdom); Ana Guiomar Franco, Social Committee (Salvador, Brazil); and Ana Maria Guerra e Sousa, Social Committee (Salvador, Brazil), enjoying some typical Bahian cuisine.
Figure 5. Alice and Mauricio Alchorne (Sa˜ o Paulo, Brazil), President of the Brazilian Society of Dermatology, 1999 –2000.
Figure 6. Tania Cestari (Porto Alegre, Brazil); Sebastia˜ o Sampaio (Sa˜ o Paulo, Brazil); Ivonise Follador (Salvador, Brazil), Secretary-General of the 55th Brazilian Congress of Dermatology; Marcio Rutowitsch (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); Doris Hexsel (Porto Alegre, Brazil); and Enio Barreto (Salvador, Brazil), President of the 55th Brazilian Congress of Dermatology.
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Figure 7. Fernando de Almeida (Sa˜ o Paulo, Brazil), Ingrid de Almeida (Sa˜ o Paulo, Brazil), Alberto Cardoso (Maceio´ , Brazil), Silvana Cardoso (Maceio´ , Brazil), Marcio Lobo Jardim (Recife, Brazil), Sarita Martins (Recife, Brazil), Orcanda Patrus (Belo Horizonte, Brazil), and Zelia Patrus (Belo Horizonte, Brazil), at one of the excellent parties offered during the Congress.
ure 4), who spoke about Autoimmune bullous diseases: from immunofluorescence to molecular biology, calling attention to the new progress of immunofluorescence techniques, immunoblotting, and immunoelectron microscopy in bullous intra-epidermal autoimmune and subepidermic diseases. Antonella Tosti, from Bologna, Italy, in her presentation about The nail in the diagnosis of systemic diseases focused on how nail abnormalities can be utilized as clues for early diagnosis of systemic conditions; Antonio Picoto, from Lisbon, Portugal, made a Critical evaluation on dermatologic cosmetic surgery, recommending prudence with patients. Even with all the innovations acquired in the last few years in dermatology surgery, he asked dermatologists not to forget the important limits of all surgical techniques and offered a reminder that accidents may occur in any of them. From Caracas, Venezuela, Elda Giansante came to
Figure 8. Bruce Thiers (Charleston, United States) and Thomas Ruzicka (Duesseldorf, Germany).
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Figure 9. Dermatologists enjoying the exotic fruits and ice creams of the state of Bahia at one of the four marvelous parties offered during the Congress.
discuss the New therapies for atopic dermatitis, and Ricardo Pe´ rez Alfonso discussed Infectious oral pathology: diagnostic clues, commenting on the interaction of bacteria, fungi, and viruses inside the oral cavity in health and disease. From France, Jean Revuz (Paris) presented an Update on acne treatment; Robert Baran (Cannes) discussed the useful association of oral medication and local weekly applications of lacquer in his lecture Recent advances of the combined therapy for onychomycosis; Jean-Franc¸ ois Nicolas (Lyon) spoke about the UV-induced immunosuppression pathophysiology; and Ste´ phane Belaich (Paris) discussed the Advances in amicrobial pustular dermatosis, including information on new disorders such as amicrobial pustulosis and systemic lupus erythematosus, acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis, IgA pemphigus, and anticonvulsivant hypersensitity syndrome. Thomas Ruzincka (Figure 8), from Duesseldorf, Germany, discussed New developments in inflammatory skin diseases, also commenting about the new drugs available, some not yet available in Brazil, such as tacrolimus.
Figure 10. Several authorities and the Board of Directors of the Congress at the opening ceremony.
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Tourism, Culture, Social Program and Exhibition The city of Salvador, one of the oldest in Brazil, provided the Congress participants with its customary hospitality. Spouses, guests, and even the participants, in the breaks between the presentations, were able to enjoy the beautiful beaches (preferably with a hat, T-shirt, and lots of sunscreen), the wonderful tourist and historical sites, as well as the delicious and original cuisine from Bahia, with the unaware always cautious not to overdo it with the pepper. A parallel course called Bahia, cultural expressions revealed cultural and historical aspects of Bahia during two days of the Congress. Every night of the event featured a great party, each one of the four nights with a different theme and at a different venue, assembling all the Congress participants in a very warm climate of joy and togetherness (Figure 9). At the opening ceremony (Figure 10), that counted with the presence of several authorities, a film about the history of SBD and past Brazilian Dermatology Congresses was presented, including the first one, inspired and presided by Professor Joa˜ o Ramos-e-Silva, with testimonies by the elder, photos and footage from old films. Before the delicious dinner offered by the Congress, a show with music included one of Brazil’s
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most famous cavaquinho (a small guitar) players, Armandinho, who with this typical Brazilian instrument, performed wonderful popular music, including a classical piece, Ravel’s Bolero. In the exhibition area of more than 3,000 square meters, products from 48 industries were displayed. Sharing that same area, a parallel exhibition by cultural organizations from Bahia allowed Congress participants to get acquainted with a little bit of the local culture without leaving the convention center.
Conclusions The annual congress of the BSD was a success in all aspects: scientific, social, cultural, and touristic. The Congress of Salvador, Bahia, closed the Brazilian Dermatology year, century, and millennium with a sensation of victory, leaving everyone looking to the future with a happy spirit. Reported by Ivonise Follador, MD Salvador, Brazil Enio Barreto, MD Salvador, Brazil Marcia Ramos-e-Silva, MD Rio de Janeiro, Brazil