Mycosis fungoides involving an acrochordon: a case report.

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：BACKGROUND:Chromoblastomycosis is a chronic, suppurative, granulomatous mycosis usually confined to skin and subcutaneous tissues. The host defense mechanisms in chromoblastomycosis have not been extensively investigated. The purpose of the present study was to determine the distribution and pathways of the fungal anti...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Sotto MN,De Brito T,Silva AM,Vidal M,Castro LG

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Ofuji's disease (OD) or eosinophilic pustular folliculitis and human immunodeficiency virus-associated eosinophilic folliculitis (HIV-EF) both show eosinophil-rich folliculocentric infiltrates, and it is not clear whether they are distinguishable pathologically. Follicular mucinosis (FM) has been observed in...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Lee JY,Tsai YM,Sheu HM

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Some examples of Bowen disease lack the characteristic broad parakeratosis making their histopathologic diagnosis particularly difficult in small and incomplete biopsies. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The archives of our dermatopathology laboratory were searched for cases of Bowen disease with >75% orthokeratosis (...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Idriss MH,Misri R,Böer-Auer A

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:Ten patients with traumatic alopecia (trichotillomania) were being investigated histologically and, in five of them, hairs from the affected scalp area were plucked out for direct microscopic examination. Some histologic features appear to be specific markers for traumatic alopecia: empty hair ducts, plucked out hair ...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Lachapelle JM,Pierard GE

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psoriasis is characterized by immune activation, increased proliferation and abnormal differentiation of keratinocytes. The reported anti-psoriatic mechanisms of action in vivo of vitamin D analogues include reduction of keratinocyte proliferation and induction of keratinocyte terminal differentiation. We investigated...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Lu I,Gilleaudeau P,McLane JA,Heftler N,Kamber M,Gottlieb S,Krueger JG,Gottlieb AB

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Among nonepithelial second neoplasms which are known to be induced by irradiation, rhabdomyosarcomas are extremely rare, and melanomas are infrequent. We report a high-grade sarcoma with rhabdomyoblastic differentiation, which appeared 30 years after megavoltage irradiation for an endometrial adenocarcinoma,...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Miracco C,Materno M,De Santi MM,Pirtoli L,Ninfo V

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sebaceous tumors are adnexal neoplasms showing sebocytic differentiation. They range from benign to malignant and are associated with Muir-Torre syndrome (MTS). Several clinical and histopathological features associated with MTS have been described. Sebaceous tumors with an overlying cutaneous horn are extre...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Jhuang JY,Liao SL,Tsai JH,Chang HC,Kuo KT,Liau JY

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benign fibrous histiocytoma of the skin or dermatofibroma (DF) has been regarded as a fibrohistiocytic tumor. Whether DF is a neoplastic growth or a reactive process has not been settled. Since a neoplastic process is clonal in nature, clonal analysis of DF was conducted to see if DF is a clonal disease. Fresh specime...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Chen TC,Kuo T,Chan HL

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As the molecular mechanisms in melanoma chemoresistance remain unknown to date, we hypothesized these tumors to express the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter G2 (ABCG2/MXR/BCRP1/ABCP1), a recently detected membrane transporter and putative stem-cell marker. Besides melanoma, we addressed the neuroendocr...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Deichmann M,Thome M,Egner U,Hartschuh W,Kurzen H

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early cutaneous Lyme disease, erythema migrans, may show different histopathologic patterns. The intent of this case series is to raise awareness of these findings to prevent misdiagnosis and keep this entity in the differential. Erythema migrans develops after a tick bite and subsequent infection with the spirochete,...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Miraflor AP,Seidel GD,Perry AE,Castanedo-Tardan MP,Guill MA,Yan S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Misonidazole, a hypoxic cell radiation-sensitizer, has been used in vivo to analyze its effect on normal and x-irradiated epidermis. The drug action was evaluated 3 days after being implanted subcutaneously. The response of the epidermis and especially of the basal cells to the drug alone and in combination with x-rad...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： de Rey BM,Lanfranchi HE,Klein-Szanto AJ,Itoiz ME

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD44 is a widely distributed cell surface protein thought to be involved in multiple steps of normal immune cell function, including T-cell activation, and in cellular adhesion where it mediates cell attachment to hyaluronate. In normal skin, CD44 is found by immunohistochemical means to be primarily in eccrine coil c...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Sawaya ME,Bakshandeh H,Hordinsky MK,Penneys NS

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dermatological disorders associated with monoclonal gammopathies are clinically heterogeneous and may be divided into four groups with distinctive pathogenetic mechanisms (a) specific (infiltrative) disorders including primary and secondary cutaneous plasmacytoma and cutaneous lymphoplasmacytic infiltration of Wal...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Rongioletti F,Patterson JW,Rebora A

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune systemic disease characterized by small vessel involvement that leads to tissue ischemia and fibroblast stimulation resulting in accumulation of collagen (fibrosis) in the skin and internal organs. Lipomembranous panniculitis is a peculiar type of fat necrosis and has been rep...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Almeida MS,Lima SC,Carvalho LL,Almeida JV,Santos LG,Rolim JR,Rocha TE

更新日期：2010-11-01 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：:Recently, T-cell lymphoma localized to the subcutaneous tissue has been reported. We report the clinical, histologic, immunohistochemical, and molecular genetic findings in 6 patients who we believe had this peculiar T-cell lymphoma with its unique morphologic and clinical features. All patients presented with deep-se...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Mehregan DA,Su WP,Kurtin PJ

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 48 year-old white male with basal cell nevus syndrome presented with a metastatic basal cell carcinoma with neuroendocrine features. The tumor manifested aggressive behavior, having deep local invasion and metastases to para-aortic lymph nodes and bone. Neuroendocrine differentiation has rarely been associated with ...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Tawfik O,Casparian JM,Garrigues N,Smith S,Kestenbaum T,Chamberlin F,Khan QS

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main histopathological features in the cutaneous lesions of Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS) are dermal leukocytoclastic vasculitis with a variable eosinophilic infiltrate and non-vasculitic tissue eosinophilia with granuloma formation. This wide histopathological spectrum may account for the various skin manifestatio...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Ishibashi M,Kudo S,Yamamoto K,Shimai N,Chen KR

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The histopathologic findings in 331 cases of necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum seen during a 50-year period were reviewed. Three cases showing cholesterol cleft formation were found. All 3 cases were associated with severe diabetes mellitus. The differential diagnosis of importance is necrobiotic xanthogranuloma. Com...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Gibson LE,Reizner GT,Winkelmann RK

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Angiosarcomas arise in the scalp and face in the elderly, in association with chronic lymphedema (Stewart-Treves syndrome), and in irradiated areas. Rarely in these settings, angiosarcomas exhibit pure spindle cell phenotype. METHODS:Herein, the clinicopathologic features of a 72-year-old-woman with spindle...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Kiyohara T,Kumakiri M,Kobayashl H,Itoh K,Lao LM,Ohkawara A,Nakmura H

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Considerable controversy has surrounded the question of possible biological responses to electromagnetic fields (EMFs) generated from visual display terminals (VDTs), such as personal computers (PCs) and ordinary television sets (TVs). The cellular and molecular mechanisms for such potential harmful health h...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Johansson O,Gangi S,Liang Y,Yoshimura K,Jing C,Liu PY

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lobular capillary hemangioma, which is also named as pyogenic granuloma, is a common vascular proliferation of skin and mucous membranes. Hormonal influence in the development of lobular capillary hemangioma on the mucosal surfaces has been demonstrated but for cutaneous lesions located on the skin, this association h...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Demir Y,Demir S,Aktepe F

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cutaneous Rosai-Dorfman disease (CRDD) shares the histopathological features of abundant plasma cells and stromal fibrosis with IgG4-related sclerosing disease. The possible role of IgG4+ plasma cells in CRDD was investigated. METHODS:Twelve cases of CRDD were reviewed, and their lesions were immunostained ...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Kuo TT,Chen TC,Lee LY,Lu PH

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endocrine mucin-producing sweat gland carcinoma is a cutaneous adnexal tumor that is rarely reported in the literature. We identified only 29 previously reported cases. All these cases share some clinical morphologic and immunohistochemical features. Among the immunohistochemical markers, cytokeratins 5/6, 8 and 18 (C...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Fernandez-Flores A,Cassarino DS

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:p53 mutations are etiologically associated with the development of squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) or with exposure to specific carcinogens. The study was conducted to examine the relationship of immunohistochemistry (IHC) scores between altered p53 protein expression in relation to patient's habits and hist...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Bukhari MH,Niazi S,Chaudhry NA

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Characteristic moniliform hairs of monilethrix were ultrastructurally examined. By scanning electron microscope, nodes and internodes were seen alternating on the affected hair; the nodes were normal in appearance and thickness, while the internodes were thin and showed ridges and flutes. By transmission electron micr...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Ito M,Hashimoto K,Yorder FW

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myxofibrosarcoma is one of the most common soft tissue sarcomas occurring in older adults. It can arise de novo or can be radiation induced, and the term myxofibrosarcoma was originally devised to encompass a spectrum of myxoid tumors with characteristics similar to malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH). Confusion exis...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Bandino JP,Norton SA,Aldrich SL,Wisco OJ,Hodson DS,Murchland MR,Grande DJ

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a new case of a Japanese man who developed a tubular apocrine adenoma in association with syringocystadenoma papilliferum. The differences in the histopathological and immunohistochemical findings in these 2 tumors are described. This is the first immunohistochemical study of tubular apocrine adenoma. ...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Ansai S,Watanabe S,Aso K

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00