Acantholytic dyskeratosis of the vulva presenting with clinical features of vulval lichen sclerosus-A possible rare collision entity.

abstract：:Desmoplastic trichoepithelioma (DTE) is a benign follicular tumor occurring most commonly within facial skin of young and middle-aged women, morphologically characterized by a superficial dermal proliferation of basaloid cells growing in narrow strands embedded in a desmoplastic stroma associated with small keratinizi...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Jedrych J,Leffell D,McNiff JM

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Free-living amebae are ubiquitous in our environment, but rarely cause cutaneous infection. Balamuthia mandrillaris has a predilection for infecting skin of the central face. Infection may be restricted to the skin or associated with life-threatening central nervous system (CNS) involvement. We report a case of a 91-y...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Chang OH,Liu F,Knopp E,Muehlenbachs A,Cope JR,Ali I,Thompson R,George E

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report the occurrence of lichenoid and/or subacute lupus erythematosus-like eruptions in a group of patients receiving agents with antihistaminic properties. In 1 of the patients the eruption clinically resembled lichen planus, while in 5 patients the eruption resembled subacute cutaneous lupus erythematos...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Crowson AN,Magro CM

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term survivors of harlequin ichthyosis (HI) have raised a controversy over the differences between HI and lamellar ichthyosis (LI). Abnormal lamellar granules and the failure of conversion from profilaggrin to filaggrin have been reported in HI. On the other hand, malformation of the cornified cell envelope as a ...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Akiyama M,Yoneda K,Kim SY,Koyama H,Shimizu H

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The differential diagnosis of acral keratoses is broad. Encompassing a variety of infectious, heritable and degenerative disorders, emphasis upon the clinical setting and histologic subtlety are often required to arrive at the correct diagnosis. Herein, we report on a series of adult patients who presented with ag...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Saeed S,Sagatys E,Morgan MB

更新日期：2006-10-01 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：:As many as 40% of all primary cutaneous melanomas can have histologic remnants of nevomelanocytic nevi adjacent to the tumor. There is increasing evidence that dysplastic nevi are at least a clinical marker for melanoma risk. Spitz nevi are not known for such an association, but are noteworthy because of their histolo...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Winokur TS,Palazzo JP,Johnson WC,Duray PH

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lesions of seborrheic keratoses were studied by scanning electrom microscopy. Numerous yeasts were present on the karatinized cells and hairs associated with the lesions. Surfaces of some yeasts were smooth and others were ruffled. The ruffles suggested the presence of a glycocalyx. The yeasts exhibited the morphologi...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Wilborn WH,Montes LF

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bullous pemphigoid (BP) antigen and alpha 6 integrin are hemidesmosome-associated glycoproteins of basal keratinocytes. In this work, the immunoreactivity of antibodies to BP and to alpha 6 in salt- or dispase-split human skin, and in 46 biopsy specimens of various genetic and autoimmune bullous dermatoses taken from ...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Kanitakis J,Zambruno G,Vassileva S,Giannetti A,Thivolet J

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with solitary lesions of pagetoid reticulosis are presented. A third case with disseminated lesions and similar microscopic detail is also reported. Lighg microscopic findings include an abnornal cell infiltrate confined to the epidermis and distributed diffusely in a pagetoid pattern. In ultrathin sectio...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Wood WS,Killby VA,Stewart WD

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rhabdomyosarcoma is a malignant mesenchymal tumor with skeletal muscle differentiation. Primary cutaneous rhabdomyosarcoma is rare. We report a series of 11 cases of primary cutaneous rhabdomyosarcoma. METHODS:Cases diagnosed as rhabdomyosarcoma arising in the dermis/subcutis with no identified primary tumo...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Marburger TB,Gardner JM,Prieto VG,Billings SD

更新日期：2012-11-01 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：:Cutaneous mixed tumors (MTs), also known as chondroid syringomas, usually arise as small nodules in the head and neck region. We describe an unusual case of a giant MT measuring 9 cm in its greatest diameter, occurring as a slowly growing pedunculated mass on the breast of a 74-year-old woman. Although MT may rarely o...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Magro G,Floridia F,Geraci G,Marino B

更新日期：2009-06-01 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：:Traditionally, the pigmented purpuric eruptions (PPE) have been subdivided into four histologic categories, based upon variations in histologic pattern and clinical morphologies. In recent years, it has become apparent that the lesions behave similarly, and this family of eruptions has become grouped under the term PP...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Smoller BR,Kamel OW

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The basal cell adhesion molecule (B-CAM) is a 90-kD cell surface glycoprotein with a characteristic immunoglobulin domain structure. The pattern of B-CAM expression in cultured cells suggests that the molecule is associated with a substrate-adherent growth pattern in some lineages. We investigated the expression of B-...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Bernemann TM,Podda M,Wolter M,Boehncke WH

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Src-family tyrosine kinases (SFKs) are important regulators of keratinocyte growth and differentiation. In a broad range of cell types, persistent activation of SFKs correlates with increased cell proliferation. In this study, we determined if SFK activity is increased in cutaneous neoplasia and psoriasis, c...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Ayli EE,Li W,Brown TT,Witkiewicz A,Elenitsas R,Seykora JT

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epithelioid cells with foamy cytoplasm (histiocytoid features) are typical histopathologic findings among benign and malignant histiocytic neoplasms such as xanthoma and atypical fibroxanthoma. However, these changes are unusual in melanoma, which is typically composed of nested and variably pigmented atypical epithel...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Farah M,Nagarajan P,Torres-Cabala CA,Curry JL,Amaria RN,Wargo J,Tawbi H,Ivan D,Prieto VG,Tetzlaff MT,Aung PP

更新日期：2018-07-01 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：: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：:Recent advances in the understanding of the metastatic phenomenon in cancer have led to the description of a metastatic niche. This concept describes a site prepared for the tumor cells in areas frequently associated with metastasis for the individual tumor studied. This niche is a "soil" that allows for the tumor cel...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Mihm MC Jr,Nelson JS

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 60-year-old female and a 59-year-old male each presented with a solitary circumscribed patch of depressed skin of the right thenar palm and right sole, respectively. Both lesions were present for approximately 30 years without a history of trauma or other inciting incident. Histologically, the lesions showed a well-...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Barry CI,Glusac EJ,Kashgarian M,Gwin K,McNiff JM

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alpha-methylacyl-CoA racemase (AMACR), also known as P504S, is a protein that plays an important role in mitochondrial and peroxisomal beta-oxidation of branched-chain fatty acid and bile acid intermediates. AMACR has been established as a valuable diagnostic marker for prostate cancer and has recently been ...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Halsey MA,Calder KB,Mathew R,Schlauder S,Morgan MB

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Elastophagocytosis, or elastic fiber phagocytosis by multinucleate macrophages, has been observed in different skin conditions that may or may not occur on sun-exposed skin. Although loss of elastic fibers has been well documented in the homogenized papillary dermal zone in lichen sclerosus (LS), elastophago...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Abbas O,Chatrath V,Goldberg LJ

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiac angiosarcoma is a rare tumor that has a predilection for middle-aged males and a marked predominance in the right atrium. The tumor may present abruptly with a fulminant clinical course. Initial presentation with metastatic disease is rare. Only one case has been reported of a patient who presented w...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Val-Bernal JF,Figols J,Arce FP,Sanz-Ortiz J

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brooke-Spiegler syndrome represents an autosomal dominant disease characterized by the occurrence of multiple cylindromas, trichoepitheliomas and (sporadically) spiroadenomas. Patients with Brooke-Spiegler syndrome are also at risk of developing tumors of the major and minor salivary glands. Patients with Brooke-Spieg...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Ponti G,Nasti S,Losi L,Pastorino L,Pollio A,Benassi L,Giudice S,Bertazzoni G,Veratti E,Azzoni P,Bianchi Scarrà G,Seidenari S

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Verrucous hemangioma represents a rare congenital vascular proliferation that may be mistaken for angiokeratoma. Histopathological examination of a deep biopsy is necessary to confirm the diagnosis of verrucous hemangioma based on its involvement of the deep dermis and subcutaneous tissue. We present two cases of verr...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Clairwood MQ,Bruckner AL,Dadras SS

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of fibrous papule of the nose (FPN) with granular cell features are presented and discussed. Both lesions have classic architectural features of FPN; however, the main stromal cells show large cytoplasmic granules of the type seen in granular cells. We are uncertain of the significance of these findings. Our...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Guitart J,Bergfeld WF,Tuthill RJ

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While some unequivocally benign infiltrates are easy to distinguish from cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL), drug-associated lymphomatoid hypersensitivity reaction and cutaneous lesions of collagen vascular disease can show cytologic atypia, clonality and an immunophenotypic profile that closely simulates CTCL and cause...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Plaza JA,Morrison C,Magro CM

更新日期：2008-04-01 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