Atypical Mass Lesion Associated with Cat‐Scratch Disease

An atypical pigmented lesion

BACKGROUND The dermatoscopic features of facial lentigo maligna (LM), facial lentigo maligna melanoma (LMM) and acral lentiginous melanoma (ALM) have been well described. This is the first description of the dermatoscopic appearance of a clinical series of cutaneous non-facial non-acral lentiginous growth pattern melanomas. OBJECTIVE To describe the dermatoscopic features of a series of cutan...

An atypical pigmented lesion—Answer

Atypical laboratory presentation of paraneoplastic pemphigus associated with Castleman disease

ELISA: enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay IIF: indirect Immunofluorescence PNP: paraneoplastic pemphigus PV: pemphigus vulgaris INTRODUCTION Because of variability in clinical and histopathologic findings, the diagnosis of paraneoplastic pemphigus (PNP) frequently relies on the combination of direct immunofluorescence and indirect immunofluorescence (IIF). Here we present a unique case of PNP as...

Epidemic of Acute Respiratory Disease Associated with Atypical Pneumonia.

Recently, the concept has developed that atypical pneumonia is merely an incident in what is usually a mild epidemic disease of the respiratory tract (1 to 6). A group of workers (3) summarize this idea: "There is thus no sharp dividing line, other than roentgen evidence . . . to differentiate cases of atypical pneumonia from cases of acute bronchitis resembling atypical pneumonia and from case...

Benign nerve sheath myxoma: Atypical giant lesion in atypical location

32 ABSTRACT Benign nerve sheath myxoma (myxoid neurothekeoma) is a rare benign cutaneous neoplasm of nerve sheath origin. This tumor is commonly seen in the head and neck region and sometimes in the upper extremity. The presence of myxoid neurothekeoma on the lower limb is seldom and rarely reported. In this report we presented a new case of myxoid neurothekeoma in the lower limb of a 42-year-o...