non-hodgkin lymphoma is very uncommon in infancy and skin as the primary site of involvement in non-hodgkin lymphoma is rarely encountered. we describe a 10-month-old infant with t-cell non-hodgkin lymphoma who presented with multiple skin nodules as the predominant feature of her disease. the clinical manifestations, treatment strategy and disease outcome are reviewed. key words: non-hodgkin l...

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma is very uncommon in infancy and skin as the primary site of involvement in Non-Hodgkin lymphoma is rarely encountered. We describe a 10-month-old infant with T-cell Non-Hodgkin lymphoma who presented with multiple skin nodules as the predominant feature of her disease. The clinical manifestations, treatment strategy and disease outcome are reviewed. Key words: Non-Hodgk...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory joint disease with different extra-articular manifestations. Among those extra-articular manifestations, there are significant cutaneous manifestations which may result in first admission to a dermatologist. In this article some specific and non-specific skin lesions of RA such as rheumatoid nodules, exacerbated nodules, rheumatoid vascu...

we presents an infant with several indurated plaques and nodules scattered on her body. she was brought to the hospital because of fever, runny nose and cough from one month ago. during the examination and investigation the plaques and nodules grabbed the attention of the clinicians and the skin biopsy and other lab works revealed the diagnosis of congenital leukemia.

.A31.Yearold black man presented in the emergency room with acute shortness of breath. Physical examination revealed numerous symmetrical asymptomatic firm nodules scattered over his trunk and extremities (Fig 1). Auscultation of his chest revealed diffuse intermittent rales over all lung fields. Review of systems was significant for a ten pound weight loss in the last month, increasing dyspnea...

blueberry muffin rash is a characteristic multiple bluish skin nodules associated with perinatal infection, severe and chronic anemia, and neoplastic infiltrative diseases. we present an unusually severe case of hemolytic disease of the newborn. he required exchange transfusions for several times. the complete work up led to the diagnosis of anti-cw. the skin lesion regressed spontaneously with...

background : the imo river basin, nigeria is endemic for onchocerciasis, bancroftian filariasis, loaiasis and mansonellosis. this study was aimed at determining the clinical manifestations of onchocerciasis in this region. methods: a cross-sectional study was carried out in 2006 in umuowaibu i and ndiorji commu­nities in okigwe local government area of imo state, nigeria. consenting individuals...