Pigmented perianal macules

Pigmented perianal macules

Primary mucosal melanoma occurs in under 2% of melanomas. Anorectal melanoma is a rare disorder, approximately accounting for 1% of all anorectal carcinomas. Primary anorectal melanoma presents predominantly in women, in the 4th-6th decade of life. Typical clinical manifestations include rectal bleeding and tenesmus. The prognosis remains poor.

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Cutaneous myeloid sarcoma presenting as grey pigmented macules.

According to previous reports, cutaneous myeloid sar-coma often manifests as a red nodule on the skin. We report here a patient with cutaneous myeloid sarcoma presenting with a unique skin lesion. A 71-year-old man presented with pigmented macules of one month duration. Physical examination showed multiple grey pigmented macules, 10–30 mm in diameter , on the face and trunk (Fig. 1a). His white...

Café-au-lait macules: occasional fatal sequels of benign pigmented lesions.

We report a case of sudden death in a 28-year-old male diagnosed with neurofibromatosis at the age of 6 years. The patient had multiple café-au-lait spots which, although being benign, were an ominous sign in this context. The immediate cause of death was intrathoracic neurofibroma causing compression that led to fracture of the thoracic vertebrae and laceration of the aorta with massive hemoth...

Perianal verrucous epidermal naevus mimicking perianal warts.

CASE REPORT A 2 year old boy was referred by a paediatrician for the evaluation of a perianal verrucous lesion which looked like perianal warts. The condition was first noticed by the child’s mother when he was 9 months old as a raised velvety area around the anal orifice. Over the next few months, multiple, small, warty elevations developed over the region. The lesions had remained stable ther...