Cutaneous mastocytosis with atypical mast cells and giant cytoplasmic granules.

abstract：:Adult-onset Still disease (AOSD) is a rare autoinflammatory syndrome characterized by recurring fevers, arthralgia, and consistent laboratory abnormalities that include leukocytosis and hyperferritinemia. Skin findings accompany the disease in nearly 90% of the cases. Early reports described evanescent, pruritic, salm...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Santa E,McFalls JM,Sahu J,Lee JB

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We first report a case of granular cell histiocytosis occurring as a solitary polypoid lesion of the nipple in a 15-year-old girl. Histologically, the lesion was composed of a dermal population of medium- to large-sized, short spindle- to round- to epithelioid-shaped cells with eosinophilic cytoplasm containing numero...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Caltabiano R,Magro G,Vecchio GM,Lanzafame S

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic graft-vs.-host disease (GVHD) is a severe and potentially fatal complication in patients after undergoing allogeneic stem cell transplant. This disease may be hard to diagnose as it has numerous cutaneous presentations. METHODS:We report four cases of patients seen at Stanford Hospital between Janua...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Park JH,Lester L,Kim J,Kwong BY

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acral pseudolymphomatous angiokeratoma of children (APACHE) is a disease comprised by a dense dermal infiltrate of B-lymphocytes and T-lymphocytes in which prominent blood vessels with plump endothelium are found. In the past, the lesion was interpreted as a variant of angiokeratoma, a vascular malformation, or a nevu...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Fernandez-Flores A,Fierro S,Larralde M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis is a process found in many tissues by which devitalized cells are eliminated in an orderly manner. In skin, apoptosis occurs following sunburn, in Bowen's disease and in basal cell carcinoma. Scattered cells are observed in which the cytoplasm has become condensed and dyskeratotic. These dyskeratotic cells a...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Olson RL,Everett MA

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cutaneous lymphatic malformations represent a group of heterogeneous diseases caused by developmental defects of lymphatic system. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to report the clinical, histopathological and immunohistochemical features of a distinctive lymphatic malformation. METHODS:Twelve patie...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Wang L,Gao T,Wang G

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Xanthogranulomas are benign lesions composed of macrophages in which some of the cells have vacuolated cytoplasm. They commonly occur in children, referred to as juvenile xanthogranulomata, and are histopathologically characterized by the presence of Touton giant cells. Xanthogranuloma can also occur in adults. A woma...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Cohen PR,Prieto VG

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benign lymphangioendothelioma is a rare locally infiltrative vascular neoplasm, presenting as a slow-growing, asymptomatic, reddish-violaceous plaque. Histopathologically, it is characterized by irregular and thin-walled vascular spaces, lined by a single and discontinuous layer of flat endothelial cells, dissecting d...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Revelles JM,Díaz JL,Angulo J,Santonja C,Kutzner H,Requena L

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:p16 immunostaining has been used to aid and improve the histopathologic evaluation of equivocal cervical lesions with associated low-grade or high-grade dysplasia. However, the utility of p16 immunostaining in the diagnosis of atypical genital skin lesions remains debatable. METHODS:We conducted a cross-sec...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Ezaldein H,Lott JP,McNiff JM,Hui P,Buza N,Ko CJ

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acquired lymphedema of the genitalia is a rare childhood presentation and is more common in elderly individuals secondary to pelvic/abdomenal malignancy or its therapy or worldwide due to filariasis. OBJECTIVE:Herein, we report a case of a healthy 11-year-old boy who presented with a 1-year history of chron...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Murphy MJ,Kogan B,Carlson JA

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cutaneous lymphocyte-associated antigen (CLA) is expressed in resident cutaneous T lymphocytes, high endothelial venules, peripheral monocytes, granulocytes and a small percentage of memory B cells. It has been postulated to be an important factor in homing of lymphocytes to the skin because of its function ...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Magro CM,Dyrsen ME

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Expression of programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) by cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas has been shown to correlate with advanced disease and risk of metastasis. Lymphocyte activation gene 3 (LAG-3, or CD223) is an inhibitory receptor that interacts with the PD-L1 axis, which has been shown to be a marker of i...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Wu S,Slater NA,Sayed CJ,Googe PB

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hereditary hypotrichosis simplex (MIM 146520, HHS) is a rare form of nonsyndromic alopecia. The locus for autosomal dominant HHS was mapped to 18p11.32-p11.23 and 6p21.3, respectively, suggestive of genetic heterogeneity. AIM:To identify the disease-causing gene for a four-generation Chinese family with dom...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Xu C,Zhang L,Chen N,Su B,Pan CM,Li JY,Zhang GW,Liu Z,Sheng Y,Song HD

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Keratoacanthoma (KA), an epithelial neoplasm occurring in sun-exposed skin of the elderly, is considered a well-differentiated form of conventional squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) that often follows a course of spontaneous regression. Distinguishing KA from conventional SCC or pseudocarcinomatous epithelial hyperplasia ...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Shah K,Kazlouskaya V,Lal K,Molina D,Elston DM

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have quantified perivascular mast cells in cases of urticaria pigmentosa, urticaria, and dermal hypersensitivity reactions. To facilitate reproducibility, the mast cells were counted for a precisely defined vessel unit. These vessel units were divided arbitrarily into those < or = 55 microns and > 55 microns in lar...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Sweet WL,Smoller BR

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:True human tails are rare vestigial structures that are typically removed in childhood. Here a case is presented in which an inconspicuous sacrococcygeal tail was incidentally discovered in late adulthood. A 56-year-old man with no significant past medical history presented to a dermatology clinic with a chief complai...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Robinson CG,Duke TC,Allison AW

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clear cell atypical fibroxanthoma (CCAFX) is a rare variant of atypical fibroxanthoma (AFX), a pleomorphic dermal tumour associated with a good prognosis. A 67-year-old man presented with a rapidly growing nodule on the ear, which had appeared over a 2-week period. Sections showed an ulcerated nodule composed of pleom...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Murali R,Palfreeman S

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies on the precise cause of increased melanization in pigmented basal cell carcinomas (BCC) are limited. We aimed to determine whether the cause of melanization is from increased number of melanocytes or increased melanin pigment, and if there is a difference in the number of melanocytes on different sun...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Brankov N,Prodanovic EM,Hurley MY

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although CD1a+ dendritic cells (DC) in cutaneous T-cell lymphomas (CTCL) have been well documented, the presence of large numbers of DC within lymphoid infiltrates can pose a diagnostic difficulty. We present a case of a 70-year-old man with a 3-year history of recurrent red papules and plaques on the extremities and ...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Jokinen CH,Wolgamot GM,Wood BL,Olerud J,Argenyi ZB

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differing classification schemes for malignant lymphomas have been used in Europe and the United States. Attempts to translate between the principle classifications have been unsuccessful and historically it has been difficult to arrive at an unified approach. In addition, many new lymphoma entities have been recogniz...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Sander CA,Kind P,Kaudewitz P,Raffeld M,Jaffe ES

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endometriosis is a condition where endometrial glands and stroma are ectopically located in sites other than the uterine cavity. Cutaneous endometriosis is very rare, representing approximately 1.1% of cases of extrapelvic endometriosis. We report a case of a 44-year-old female with no prior surgical history who prese...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Farooq U,Laureano AC,Miteva M,Elgart GW

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many patients who present with patch and early plaque stage mycosis fungoides follow an indolent course and survive for many years following diagnosis. A certain subset of patients, however, have rapidly progressive disease leading to accelerated demise. We examined 21 histologic sections from initial biopsies taken f...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Smoller BR,Detwiler SP,Kohler S,Hoppe RT,Kim YH

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Histopathology is often essential to establish an accurate diagnosis. Pathology laboratories are scarce in most Sub-Saharan Africa where dermatopathology is a developing field. In resource-poor countries, most specimens are analyzed only after hematoxylin and eosin staining. The availability of special stain...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Kiprono S,Muchunu J,Beltraminelli H

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a hitherto undescribed unusual CD30+ clonal T-cell proliferation in a 46-year-old man with the lymphocytic variant of hypereosinophilic syndrome with a 17-year history of pruritus, generalized persistent papulonodular skin lesions and peripheral blood hypereosinophilia. A skin biopsy showed an eosinophil-ric...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Kempf W,Kazakov DV,Szep Z,Vanecek T

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypertrophic lichen planus (LP) is a variant of LP favoring the lower extremities and showing prominent epidermal hyperplasia and hyperorthokeratosis. Contrary to dogma that eosinophils are rare in LP and variants, we noticed that some cases of hypertrophic LP have eosinophils in the absence of drug history....

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Alomari A,McNiff JM

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of CD117 immunostaining for diagnosing cutaneous adnexal tumors, which has not been previously established. METHODS:CD117 immunostaining was performed on representative sections of 87 clinicopathologically confirmed cutaneous apocrine/eccrine tumors, 1...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Goto K

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a first case of ossifying fibromyxoid tumor of soft parts of the back, a 10 x 9.5 x 6 cm well-circumscribed elevated subcutaneous tumor demarcated by an incomplete fibrous capsule with bone formation at its base. The tumor was composed of both myxomatous areas with spindle tumor cells and pseudoalveolar stru...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Nakayama F,Kuwahara T

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey of conditions with mucinous deposits is given. The most important factors for their diagnosis are to consider these disorders and to stain the slides for proteoglycans or glycosaminoglycans; the most common routine techniques are the Giemsa and the Alcian-blue stain. More sophisticated methods allow different...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Steigleder GK,Küchmeister B

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:BMI-1 is involved in the maintenance of stem cells and functions as an oncogene in both lymphomas and solid carcinomas, acting by downregulation of p16ink4a. We have investigated the expression profile of BMI-1 in normal and inflamed skin as well as in basal cell carcinomas (BCCs) and squamous cell carcinoma...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Reinisch CM,Uthman A,Erovic BM,Pammer J

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphomatoid granulomatosis (LG) is a rare Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated B-cell lymphoproliferative disorder presenting in middle adulthood that nearly always affects the lungs and shows cutaneous involvement in up to 50% of cases. Skin lesions are present at the time of diagnosis in roughly one-third of patient...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Rysgaard CD,Stone MS

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00