INTRODUCTION Gluten enteropathy (celiac disease) is a chronic disease and presents as diarrhea, weight loss and anemia. CASE PRESENTATION A 35-year-old Caucasian man with gluten enteropathy, familial multiple lipomas and seborrheic keratosis was seen in our clinic. After confirmation of the diagnosis, he was advised to follow a gluten-free diet. His clinical improvement was evaluated and conf...

MA: melanoacanthoma INTRODUCTION Oral melanoacanthoma (MA), also known as melanoacanthosis, is a benign, acquired pigmentation infrequently observed in the oral cavity. It represents a distinct entity from the cutaneous MA, which is typically seen on the trunk and is considered to be a variant of seborrheic keratosis. When it occurs in the oral cavity, MA presents as a rapidly expanding, solita...

Hailey-Hailey disease (HHD) or familial benign chronic pemphigus is a dermatosis with an autosomal dominant inheritance characterized by full penetrance and variable expressivity: from individual resembling eczema lesions to extensive lesions of the skin. HHD causes mutations in the gene ATP2C1, which encodes the ATPase calcium-magnesium secretory mechanism of a human [1,2]. The mechanism by wh...

Efforts have been expended to evaluate the reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) features of different clinical entities in order to more thoroughly delineate benign versus malignant features. In this way, RCM can help clinicians to be more selective in regard to undertaking appropriate skin biopsies and improving their benign to malignant ratio. Herein, we report a case of a histopathologicall...

A 78-year-old man is seen upon admission to a behavioral hospital unit. Agitation and visual hallucinations led to this admission. A similar prior episode, complicating his established Lewy body dementia, cleared with hospitalization and clozapine therapy. PHYSICAL EXAMINATION Mildly obese man who is conversationally capable and friendly, though dementia is also evident. Vital signs normal. Has...

Seborrheic keratosis (SK) is the most common benign cutaneous neoplasm. A subset shows increased p16 expression. Since SK shares several features with verruca vulgaris, e.g., increased p16 expression, human papillomaviruses (HPV) have been suggested as possible causal agents. However, a relevant association could not be established between HPV and SK. In the present study we aimed to investigat...