Wolf in sheep's clothing: a case of carcinoma erysipeloides

Carcinoma erysipeloides as the first manifestation of breast carcinoma: a case report

Carcinoma erysipeloides is a well-demarcated erythematousplaque resembling erysipelas. Malignant cells are predominantlywithin the dermal lymphatic vessels, with malignant thrombiinducedlymphatic obstructions causing the erysipeloid induration.Carcinoma erysipeloides, as the first manifestation of breastcancer, is very rare and accounts for about 2-5% of all cases.

Occult Bacteraemia and Aortic Graft Infection: A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

We report a case of late-onset aortic prosthetic vascular graft infection. We stress the importance of maintaining a high index of suspicion for any patient presenting with fever on the background of in situ prosthetic material. We present the difficulties in managing these extremely complicated, often life and limb threatening infections and suggest that a multidisciplinary team approach, invo...

Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: The Potential Dangers of Epidural Anesthesia

Basosquamous carcinoma, a wolf in sheep's clothing? Report of 3 cases.

Basosquamous carcinoma of the skin is a lesion with specific histological features and recognized metastatic potential. Three cases of metastatic basosquamous carcinoma are reported, two of which were rapidly fatal. They illustrate that diagnostic features may be absent in a small biopsy and that metastasis is usually associated with a poor prognosis.

A sheep in wolf's clothing.

Most are familiar with the biblical warnings about false prophets presenting as the wolf in sheep's clothing, but in this issue of Blood, Mansoor and colleagues expose a sheep in wolf's clothing by shining a bright light on a newly described benign disease previously pretending to be a very bad malignancy, and doing so quite convincingly.