Diffuse Cutaneous Pseudolymphoma Due to Therapy With Medicinal Leeches

Diffuse cutaneous pseudolymphoma due to therapy with medicinal leeches.

Report of aCase |Awomanonher50spresentedwitha6-month historyofmultiple, firm, reddish, pruritic andexcoriatedpapulesandnodulesextensivelydistributedontheback (Figure 1). The patient was otherwise healthy, with a medical history of only fibromyalgia, andbothclinical examinationandbloodtest findings were unremarkable. Histologic examination of 2 punch biopsy specimens taken from the nodules on th...

Iatrogenic Cushing\'s Syndrome Due to Cutaneous Corticosteroid Therapy

Summary A case of Cushing' s syndrome associated with application of topical clobetasol propionate (0.05%) is reported. Local application of clobetasol propionate is associated with adrenal suppression in normal subjects and on this basis, it has been recommended that less than 50 g per week be used. There have been sporadic case reports of cushing's syndrome associated with topical steroid bu...

Vaccination-induced cutaneous pseudolymphoma.

BACKGROUND Although mild early cutaneous transient reactions to vaccinations are common, late-onset chronic lesions have been scarcely reported. We report herein a series of 9 patients presenting with cutaneous and subcutaneous pseudolymphoma. OBSERVATIONS Nine patients presenting with late-onset, chronic skin lesions occurring at the site of antihepatitis B (8 cases) and antihepatitis A (one...

Cutaneous pseudolymphoma of the breast

Cutaneous pseudolymphoma (PL) refers to a reactive T or B- cell proliferative disorder in reaction to some known or unknown stimuli. The most common site of involvement of pseudolymphoma is the face followed by the scalp. Because of its similarity with true lymphoma in both clinical and pathological aspects, differentiating between them is often difficult but fundamental due to their completely...

Cutaneous pseudolymphoma following administration of lornoxicam.