Eruptive syringoma is a rare variant of syringoma, benign neoplasms of the eccrine sweat ducts that appear on the face, neck, chest, and axillae of predominately Asian and African American women before or during puberty [1, 2]. Lesions appear as small skin-colored or slightly pigmented, flat-topped papules [2]. The condition can be cosmetically disfiguring and difficult to treat, especially in ...

GEKG: generalized eruptive keratoacanthoma of Grzybowski KA: keratoacanthoma PDT: photodynamic therapy INTRODUCTION Generalized eruptive keratoacanthoma of Grzybowski (GEKG), a rare variant of keratoacanthoma (KA), affects widespread areas of the skin and mucous membranes. First described in 1950, this condition is exceptionally difficult to treat. Systemic retinoids or cyclophosphamide, althou...

In most cases, clear cell acanthoma (CCA) is an uncommon solitary lesion with distinctive clinicopathological features. We report the case of 80-year-old man generalized asymptomatic skin lesions predominantly affecting his chest, abdomen and legs. On dermoscopy, showed dotted vessels in a linear pearl-like distribution (“pearl necklace”) surrounded by slightly whitish halo. Histopathology clea...

©2017 by Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia Dear Editor, A 77-year-old Caucasian male patient was referred to our Service for presenting brownish and erythematous-violet papules (4 to 8 mm), located bilaterally in arms, armpits, lower abdominal quadrants and thighs (Figure 1). There was no involvement of the face, dorsal surface of the joints or mucous membranes. The lesions, which were always a...