Molluscum contagiosum occurring in an epidermoid cyst.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Erythema elevatum diutinum (EED) is a rare vasculitis with variable clinical presentation which diagnosis can be challenging. Herein we want to describe the clinicopathological spectrum of findings in five cases of EED. METHODS:We retrospectively analyzed five cases in a single institution collected over a ...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Sardiña LA,Jour G,Piliang MP,Bergfeld WF

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cutaneous mesothelioma is rare but may occur following local surgical procedures for visceral mesothelioma or as a metastasis. METHODS:A patient with pleural mesothelioma, who developed papules within chest wall scars, 14 and 15 months after pleural biopsy and thoracentesis, respectively, is reported. RESU...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Shieh S,Grassi M,Schwarz JK,Cheney RT

更新日期：2004-08-01 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：:Pleomorphic fibromas represent dome-shaped or polypoid cutaneous lesions characterized by a paucicellular and densely fibrotic background punctuated by scattered atypical to pleomorphic spindle and multinucleated giant cells. Some of these tumors will have incorporated adipose tissue, although these adipocytic areas l...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Al-Zaid T,Wang WL,Lopez-Terrada D,Lev D,Hornick JL,Hafeez Diwan A,Fletcher CD,Lazar AJ

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The migration of circulating monocytes into the dermis is considered to be essential for both the initiation and the progression of xanthoma. The contribution of vascular endothelial cells to the migration process is unclear. METHODS:Twenty cases of xanthelasma and six cases of tuberous xanthoma lesions wer...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Matsumoto M,Kunimitsu S,Wada K,Ikeda M,Yokogawa M,Keyama A,Kodama H

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the case of a 28-year-old male with a history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) with a 1-month history of a steadily enlarging, firm painful lesion on the right posterior shoulder. The patient was initially treated for cellulitis given his clinical picture. Histopathologic examination revealed an angioc...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Malviya N,Rainwater YB,Vandergriff T,Mauskar MM

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Apoptosis is important for maintenance of tissue homeostasis and often dysregulated in cutaneous neoplasms. The apoptosis inhibitor survivin is expressed in melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancers and benign keratinocytic lesions. Its expression has not been studied in melanocytic nevi. OBJECTIVE:We determin...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Florell SR,Bowen AR,Hanks AN,Murphy KJ,Grossman D

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Agminated, or grouped Spitz nevi are a curious expression of nevomelanocytic growth; and represent an uncommon manifestation of these nevi. We encountered an example of agminated Spitz nevi present at birth, which showed progression and rapid growth over months. All showed histologic Spitz nevus features. Avidin-bioti...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Palazzo JP,Duray PH

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of a 68-year-old man with cutaneous leiomyosarcoma of the penis. Leiomyosarcoma of the penis is an extremely rare neoplasm that usually presents in middle to old age, and to our knowledge only approximately 30 cases have been reported in the literature to date. This is an important diagnosis in the di...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Cibull TL,Thomas AB,Badve S,Billings SD

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Goltz syndrome (focal dermal hypoplasia) is an X-linked dominant disorder that is classically associated with yellowish papules representing fat herniation (superficial adipocytes). We report a series of three cases, with clinicopathologic correlation of biopsies from Blaschkoid streaks. A range of histopathologic fea...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Ko CJ,Antaya RJ,Zubek A,Craiglow B,Damsky W,Galan A,McNiff JM

更新日期：2016-05-01 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

abstract：:A prospective, controlled epidemiologic survey performed in El Bagre, Colombia revealed a new variant of endemic pemphigus disease, occurring in a gold mining region. The disease resembled Senear-Usher syndrome, and occurred in an endemic fashion. The aim of this study is to describe the most frequent histopathologic ...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Howard MS,Yepes MM,Maldonado-Estrada JG,Villa-Robles E,Jaramillo A,Botero JH,Patiño PJ,Hashimoto T,Abreu-Velez AM

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lymphocytic subtypes effecting allogeneic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) are unknown. We studied 35 skin biopsy specimens from 19 women transplanted with bone marrow from men for patterns and time course of infiltration of the skin by Y chromosome-bearing lymphocytes using in situ hybridization. Immunophenotypic...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Horn TD,Haskell J

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:CD44 is a membrane glycoprotein and the major cell-surface receptor of hyaluronate (HA). Lack of CD44 expression in mouse epidermis leads to an abnormal HA accumulation in the dermis, indicating an important role of CD44 in local HA metabolism. Decrease of epidermal CD44 expression in patients of lichen scle...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Kaya G,Augsburger E,Chavaz P,Saurat JH

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Changes in the clinical appearance of benign dermal nevi during pregnancy may be concerning for malignant transformation. Because the hormonal milieu of pregnancy has not proven to alter their banal behavior, histologic characterization is needed to prevent over-diagnosis and unnecessary treatment. METHODS:...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Chan MP,Chan MM,Tahan SR

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of pigmented hidrocystoma of eccrine secretory coil is presented. A 47-year-old woman had developed a bluish black small nodule in the anterior portion of the labium minor a few years before entry. Microscopically, the cyst was lined by eosinophilic columnar epithelium with abundant brownish granules. There was...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Kamishima T,Igarashi S,Takeuchi Y,Ito M,Fukuda T

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although a range of cytomegalovirus (CMV)-induced cutaneous manifestations is described in AIDS patients, skin involvement in immunocompromised patients is rare, and intraneural CMV inclusions or CMV neuritis has not been documented in skin biopsies. METHODS AND RESULTS:Cutaneous biopsies of CMV lesions wer...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Ramdial PK,Dlova NC,Sydney C

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Podoconiosis is a familial geochemical dermatosis which is common in Ethiopia but relatively unknown in Europe/United States. It is related to exposure of bare feet to volcanic soil and presents with extensive bilateral lymphedema of legs and feet. Histopathological and immunohistochemical features of it hav...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Wendemagegn E,Tirumalae R,Böer-Auer A

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In seven patients suffering from lichen planus (LP) light- and electron-microscopic 3H-thymidine (3HT) labeling studies were performed and the following results were obtained. 1. Using the light-microscope, a large number of 3HT labeled cells can be observed in the dermal infiltrate of LP. Most of the labeled nuclei b...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Ebner H,Jurecka W

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We carried out a cytophotometric study of the DNA content of matrix cells from normal hair follicles and those affected by androgenetic alopecia (early and established baldness), using the Feulgen technique. We thereby obtained a 2C reference value from lymphocyte nuclei from normal skin, from which we established a 2...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

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

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Direct immunofluorescence (DIF) testing is an important procedure in the diagnosis of autoimmune bullous dermatoses. We investigated the expression of C3d in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue of autoimmune bullous dermatoses. METHODS:The immunohistochemical expression of C3d in bullous pemphigoid (BP...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Pfaltz K,Mertz K,Rose C,Scheidegger P,Pfaltz M,Kempf W

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The diagnosis of 'cellular dermal nodule in melanocytic nevi' is challenging, as it can simulate invasive and tumorigenic melanoma. Because cellular nodules are presumed benign, it is essential to differentiate them from true malignant melanoma arising within a nevus, which portends a poor prognosis. Althoug...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Xu X,Bellucci KS,Elenitsas R,Elder DE

更新日期：2004-02-01 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：BACKGROUND:Trichilemmal (pilar) cysts are common skin lesions that usually occur on the scalp of elderly women. They differentiate towards the follicular outer root sheath epithelium and show trichilemmal keratinization. Proliferating trichilemmal tumor (PTT) shows features of typical pilar cyst, but additionally shows...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Folpe AL,Reisenauer AK,Mentzel T,Rütten A,Solomon AR

更新日期：2003-09-01 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：: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：:Cutaneous syncytial myoepithelioma (CSM) is a recently recognized, histopathological variant of myoepithelial (ME) tumors of the skin. It is characterized by a syncytial arrangement of spindled, ovoid, and/or epithelioid cells forming a well-circumscribed, unencapsulated dermal nodule. There is a paucity of intervenin...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： MacKinnon WF,Carter MD,Bridge JA,Tremaine RD,Walsh NMG

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The so-called perivascular epithelioid cell neoplasm (PEComa) family includes angiomyolipoma, clear cell 'sugar' tumor (CCST), lymphangioleiomyomatosis, and clear cell myomelanocytic tumor (CCMMT). These rare tumors are characterized by the co-expression of melanocytic and muscle markers. They have been recognized in ...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： de Saint Aubain Somerhausen N,Gomez Galdon M,Bouffioux B,Courtin C,Theunis A,Vogeleer MN,Myant N

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is the most common type of subepidermal bullous disease. Direct immunofluorescence (DIF) is the gold standard for diagnosis, but it requires a fresh tissue specimen. This study was conducted to evaluate the accuracy of using immunohistochemical (IHC) analysis for the detection of C4d ...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Kamyab K,Abdolreza M,Ghanadan A,Mortazavi H,Nikoo A,Motavalli F,Nasimi M

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melanoma ex blue nevus (MEBN) is a rare, aggressive, and potentially lethal neoplasm. Distinguishing MEBN from an atypical cellular blue nevus can be very challenging. We report a diagnostically difficult case of MEBN with lymph node metastases, in which single nucleotide polymorphism array and fluorescence in situ hy...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Castillo SA,Pham AK,Barton DT,Lefferts JA,Yan S,Bridge JA,Linos K

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00