Paraneoplastic pemphigus: a subset of patients with pemphigus and neoplasia.

abstract：:Langerhans cell histocytosis (LCH) and Erdheim-Chester disease are two rare histiocytic disorders. Their occurrence in the same patient is more infrequent, but has been described. We report a case of a 38-year-old woman who presented with a diagnosis of single system cutaneous LCH. Subsequently, she developed multiple...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Johnson WT,Patel P,Hernandez A,Grandinetti LM,Huen AC,Marks S,Ho J,Monaco SE,Jaffe R,Picarsic J

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polarizable calcium oxalate (CaOx) crystals have been well documented in breast biopsies, generally associated with benign apocrine metaplasia. In contrast, polarizable crystals are only rarely reported in skin adnexal neoplasms. We report 3 different cases of sweat gland tumors with polarizable crystals morphological...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Johnson G,Gardner JM,Shalin SC

更新日期：2017-08-01 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：:Thirty cases of poorly differentiated carcinomas of the skin were examined for the expression of vimentin. All cases expressed cytokeratins; in addition, 12 cases were positive for vimentin. These were all non-reactive with antibodies to S100 protein, HMB45 and desmin. The finding of vimentin in poorly differentiated ...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Iyer PV,Leong AS

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 78-year-old woman with a history of follicular carcinoma of the thyroid developed a painless nodule on her face. A skin biopsy showed a dermal tumor composed of cells with granular, eosinophilic cytoplasm. Immunoperoxidase staining demonstrated thyroglobulin in the tumor cells, confirming the diagnosis of metastatic...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Rico MJ,Penneys NS

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of findings in relation to warts have been passed on from one textbook to the other since the end of the last century. More recent studies have been carried out with the electron microscope. But information is lacking as to histology, histochemistry, examination with the phase-contrast microscope, with th...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Steigleder GK

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell adhesion between surfaces of cells and to extracellular matrices represents a fundamental mechanism in tissue organization and influences the biological behaviour and the architecture of tumors. We investigated the expression of various adhesion molecules in normal skin (n=5), nevi (n=29), and malignant melanoma ...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Tronnier M,Alexander M,Wolff HH

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Telomerase plays a role in the immortalization of cells and carcinogenesis. Previous studies have yielded conflicting results on whether human telomerase RNA (hTER) expression differs in nevi, atypical nevi and melanomas using polymerase chain reaction-based telomeric repeat amplification protocol or in situ...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Fullen DR,Zhu W,Thomas D,Su LD

更新日期：2005-11-01 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：BACKGROUND:Chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL) is associated with an increased risk of a second malignancy. METHODS:We conducted a retrospective clinicopathologic review of 12 patients with CLL/SLL who developed a second lymphoma in the skin. Demographic data, clinical information, and hi...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Liu YA,Finn AJ,Subtil A

更新日期：2021-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Pilomatrix (pilomatrical) carcinoma is a rare cutaneous adnexal tumor with matrical differentiation and recurrent and metastatic potential. Sarcomatoid pilomatrix carcinoma is a rare variant which shows a sarcomatoid component intermingling with the epithelial one. There are only 4 cases previously published. We prese...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Fernandez-Flores A,Cassarino DS

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Granulomatous mycosis fungoides (MF) is a rare variant in which granulomas are associated with other typical signs of MF. Its prognosis is worse than that of classical MF. Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (PDCs) are a subset of interferon-producing dendritic cells that link the innate and the adaptative immune...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Fernandez-Flores A,Cassarino DS

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory cysts are benign lesions lined by normal respiratory epithelium. There are few reported cases localized to the orbit, while those of the eyelid are exceedingly rare. Respiratory cysts usually arise either from a non-hereditary congenital malformation, where they are distinguished as choristomatous, or from...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Yeh C,Atillasoy C,Seykora JT,Lee V

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression and localization of connexin 43 (Cx43) were investigated in normal human epidermis, pilosebaceous apparatus, basal cell carcinoma, and squamous cell carcinoma by immunofluorescence as well as by immunoelectron microscopy. In the normal epidermis the immunofluorescence was weak in the basal layer, increa...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Tada J,Hashimoto K

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenomyoepithelioma is a rare, microscopically distinctive tumor of the skin. This article explores an example that presented in the inguinal area in a 29-year-old woman, mimicking adenopathy. Histopathologically, the tumor included two different areas: a cystic area consisting of tubules and glands in hyalinized stro...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Sabater Marco V

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cutaneous manifestations of B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) comprise a wide spectrum of clinicopathologic presentations. In some cases, onset of skin lesions is triggered by antigenic stimulation, and specific skin infiltrates at sites of previous herpes simplex or herpes zoster infection have be...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Cerroni L,Höfler G,Bäck B,Wolf P,Maier G,Kerl H

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded biopsy specimens of 17 cases of squamous cell carcinoma of Marjolin's ulcer (SCC-MU), 6 cases of common SCC (SCC), and 5 cases of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) were stained with three monoclonal antikeratin antibodies (CAM 5.2, MAK-6, and MA-903), a monoclonal antivimentin antibody (V9),...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Kim JM,Su WP,Kurtin PJ,Ziesmer S

更新日期：1992-08-01 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：: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: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：BACKGROUND:The Wnt signaling pathway has been implicated in the pathogenesis of pilomatrical tumors. Lymphoid enhancer-binding factor 1 (LEF-1) is a downstream component of this pathway, and Caudal-related homeobox transcription factor 2 (CDX2) has been postulated to regulate it, but little is known about expression of...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Tumminello K,Hosler GA

更新日期：2018-05-01 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：:The usual method for detecting spirochetes in tissue sections is the silver stain; however, they are often difficult to detect due to marked background staining commonly seen with this technique. In certain clinical settings, such as neurosyphilis, congenital syphilis, and immunosuppressive conditions including human ...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Hoang MP,High WA,Molberg KH

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acquired perforating calcific collagenosis (APCC), which is characterized by the calcification of dermal collagen fibers with subsequent transepidermal elimination and perforation, is an extremely rare entity. Thus far, it has only been reported in a patient with direct contact exposure to calcium chloride. Here, we r...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Wang FY,Ng CY,Wu J,Kuo KL,Chang YY,Kuo TT

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral mucosal melanoma (OMM) is an extremely rare malignancy, accounting for < 0.5% of all melanomas and all oral malignancies. The rarity of OMM, the heterogeneity in clinical and histopathologic appearances, and the paucity of molecular and genetic studies to date have limited our knowledge of the etiopathogenesis of...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Kumar SK,Shuler CF,Sedghizadeh PP,Kalmar JR

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Latent infection by human papillomavirus (HPV) has been described for genital (mucosal) and epidermodysplasia verruciformis subtypes. Only rarely has cutaneotropic, non-oncogenic HPV been found by polymerase chain reaction studies in normal skin. METHODS:We noted myrmecia wart inclusions as an incidental hi...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Wititsuwannakul J,Ko CJ

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 34-year-old man with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome presented with multiple skin lesions clinically suggestive of molluscum contagiosum. Three skin biopsy specimens were obtained which showed dermal abscesses containing multiple gram-positive cocci admixed with granular necrotic dermal material. In 2, there were...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Boudreau S,Hines HC,Hood AF

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cutaneous epithelioid angiosarcoma is a type of cutaneous angiosarcoma and usually arise both on the head or neck of the elderly. CASE REPORT:An 86-year-old male with an epithelioid angiosarcoma of the scalp that mimicked malignant melanoma. RESULTS:A large irregular dark grey-blue plaque with an adjacent ...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Brightman LA,Demierre MF,Byers HR

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:Cutaneous syncytial myoepithelioma is a recently described rare tumor of the dermis. It is derived and composed purely of myoepithelial cells and shows a characteristic syncytial growth pattern of neoplastic cells with little intervening stroma and no recognizable ductal structures. It represents a diagnostic challeng...

journal_title：Journal of cutaneous pathology

authors： Alomari AK,Brown N,Andea AA,Betz BL,Patel RM

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00