Pigmented basal cell carcinoma: increased melanin or increased melanocytes?

abstract：:White sponge nevus (WSN) is an uncommon benign inherited disorder characterized by white and diffuse painless lesions in oral, esophageal, or genital mucosa. The lesions may develop at birth or later in childhood or adolescence, with careful clinical examination being sufficient for diagnosis in most cases. However, m...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Bezerra KT,Leite TC,Roza ALOC,Araújo R,Israel MS,Canedo NHS,Agostini M,Benevenuto de Andrade BA,Romañach MJ

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The histopathologic features of tinea vary widely and its diagnosis could be easily missed if the index of suspicion is not high. We aimed in this study to detect histopathologic features that could be a clue for diagnosis METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed 103 cases of tinea, confirmed by Periodic acid-Sc...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Elbendary A,Valdebran M,Gad A,Elston DM

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The term "nevoid malignant melanoma" (nevoid MM) is used here to describe rare nodular malignant melanomas that may escape detection in routine histological sections due to the lack of a prominent intraepidermal component, sharp lateral circumscription and evidence of partial maturation with descent in the dermis. Nev...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： McNutt NS,Urmacher C,Hakimian J,Hoss DM,Lugo J

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL/SLL) is the most common leukemia in the western world and its cutaneous dissemination a very uncommon phenomenon. Lymphomatoid papulosis (LyP) is a CD30+ lymphoproliferative disorder characterized by chronic, recurrent and self healing skin lesions. Up to 20% of patients with LyP have...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Hibler J,Salavaggione AL,Martin A,Gru AA

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extravasation of doxorubicin in skin and soft tissue causes necrosis and ulceration. These ulcers form slowly and heal with great difficulty. The cause of ulceration is not known. Histologic changes in two patients suggest that an exaggeration of interface dermatitis like epidermal changes may be responsible for epide...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Bhawan J,Petry J,Rybak ME

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last 30 years, there has been a strong interest in vascular proliferations. Pyogenic granuloma was not only renamed lobular capillary hemangioma, but also the conceptual interpretation was also changed from an overgrowth of granulation tissue to a genuine hemangioma (or benign vascular neoplasm). We describe 19...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Santa Cruz D,Plaza JA,Wick MR,Gru AA

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-vaccinial non-viral folliculitis has been recognized in the past decade as a new adverse cutaneous reaction to smallpox vaccination. Contrary to more serious smallpox vaccine reactions, post-vaccinial non-viral folliculitis has a benign course and resolves spontaneously within approximately 7 days. We describe ad...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Bunick CG,Mariwalla K,Ibrahim O,Modi B,Imaeda S,McNiff JM

更新日期：2013-03-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND:Morphea (localized scleroderma) and eosinophilic fasciitis (EF) are rare fibrosing disorders which may present a diagnostic challenge. While histopathologic features are often distinct, in some cases there may be overlap. T-cells contribute to etiopathogenesis of both autoimmune conditions. We sought to dete...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Moy AP,Maryamchik E,Nikolskaia OV,Nazarian RM

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The histogenesis of extramammary Paget's disease (EMPD) is still controversial. Benign pagetoid cells of the nipple first described by Toker and the similar clear cells found in white maculopapules of clear cell papulosis (CCP) have been proposed to be potential precursor cells giving rise to EMPD and primar...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Chen YH,Wong TW,Lee JY

更新日期：2001-02-01 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:Although skin carcinogenesis has been widely investigated, only limited information is available for epidermal tumors, while even less is known about other skin structures. Alterations in the β-catenin pathway have been reported in several epidermal tumors, while little is known about in adnexal tumors. This...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Im M,Kim DH,Park JS,Chung H,Lee Y,Kim CD,Seo YJ,Lee JH

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The diagnosis of tuberculoid leprosy is often difficult on hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) due to the absence of demonstrable nerve destruction. This study evaluates the utility of S-100 staining in identifying nerve fragmentation and differentiation of tuberculoid leprosy from other cutaneous granulomatous dise...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Gupta SK,Nigam S,Mandal AK,Kumar V

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of epithelial cells per unit volume of tissue (NV) and the relative volume (VV) occupied by the spinous and basal layers of X-irradiated and non-irradiated rat-tail epidermis were studied using techniques of stereologic cytology. By a simple calculation, the absolute volumes of basal and spinous keratinocyt...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Klein-Szanto AJ,De Rey BM,Cabrini RL

更新日期：1977-01-01 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：:The present study was undertaken to characterize further the structure and function of cutaneous nerves which we have previously shown to associate with skin immune cells (Hosoi et al., Nature 1993: 363:159). Ultrastructurally, axons were prominent within the superficial dermis and epidermis in neonatal murine skin, b...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Egan CL,Viglione-Schneck MJ,Walsh LJ,Green B,Trojanowski JQ,Whitaker-Menezes D,Murphy GF

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:BRAF inhibition has improved overall survival in patients with BRAF mutant melanoma, but this is associated with a range of known and predictable cutaneous side effects, including squamous cell carcinomas associated with RAS mutations. METHODS:We identified three severely dysplastic nevi, one atypical intra...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Parekh V,Sobanko J,Miller CJ,Karakousis G,Xu W,Letrero R,Elenitsas R,Xu X,Elder DE,Amaravadi R,Schuchter LM,Nathanson KL,Wilson MA,Chu EY

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two collodion baby girls with disorder evolving into lamellar ichthyosis were followed by light and electron microscopy. Light microscopically, the neonatal colloidion skin was characterized by a thick compact stratum corneum which was PAS positive in its upper two thirds, by a thin stratum granulosum and by a non-aca...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Frenk E,Mevorah B

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) is a well-established marker for sweat gland differentiation in adnexal neoplasms. In contrast to previous assumptions, CEA does not represent a single oncofetal antigen but comprises a family of homologous glycoproteins, i.e. the classical CEA-180, biliary glycoprotein (BGP), and non-sp...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Metze D,Grunert F,Neumaier M,Bhardwaj R,Amann U,Wagener C,Luger TA

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We carried out a quantitative study of the matrix and dermal papilla of the human hair follicle of the scalp, both normal and in various degrees of androgenetic alopecia. A stereological study showed the measured parameters to decrease with increase in the degree of alopecia, particularly as regards the total volume o...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Alcaraz MV,Villena A,Pérez de Vargas I

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The non-specific clinical findings and variable histopathological features of cutaneous tuberculosis and non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections often make it difficult to establish a diagnosis and initiate appropriate therapy. We investigated 25 patients diagnosed with mycobacterial infections of the skin in Hanyang...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Min KW,Ko JY,Park CK

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans is a low-grade sarcoma of the skin with well characterized clinical and histopathological features. The lesion frequently appears as a plaque on the trunk or on the extremities of middle-aged adults. Microscopically, the tumor is composed of monomorphous spindle cells arranged in storif...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Diaz-Cascajo C,Weyers W,Borghi S

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bcl-2 proto-oncogene encodes a protein that protects cells from programmed cell death (apoptosis). High levels of this protein confer a growth advantage to neoplastic cells even in the absence of a high mitotic rate. This gene is involved in the interchromosomal 14;18 translocation, an abnormality present in more ...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Cerroni L,Kerl H

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite its occasional unavailability, alcian blue has long been the stain of choice for the pathognomonic mucin-secreting cells of extramammary Paget's disease. Zirconyl hematoxylin is a recently developed substitute for alcian blue, which is made from common laboratory materials. METHODS:We have stained s...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Smith AA,Silver TM

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tumors with similar or identical histopathologic features have been termed basaloid follicular hamartoma (BFH) or infundibulocystic basal cell carcinoma (BCC). BCC typically lacks immunoreactivity with cytokeratin 20 (CK20) and pleckstrin homology-like domain, family A, member 1 protein (PHLDA1). AIM:A seri...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Honarpisheh H,Glusac EJ,Ko CJ

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of eosinophilic ulcer of the tongue is presented. Although the entity is rarely described, the distinctive histopathologic pattern featuring the remarkable presence of eosinophils in the superficial corium and in between muscle bundles, together with the benign clinical course, make a diagnosis possible. ...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Borroni G,Pericoli R,Gabba P,Rosso R,Rabbiosi G

更新日期：1984-08-01 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：:The arrector pili (AP) muscle is a small band of smooth muscle that attaches proximally to the bulge area of the pilosebaceous apparatus in the reticular dermis and extends up toward the epidermis. The distal anatomy of the AP and the anchorage mechanism allowing hair erection have not been previously described. Integ...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Mendelson JK,Smoller BR,Mendelson B,Horn TD

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00