Disease

Articles

• X-linked cleft palate with ankyloglossia
  15 October 2007

  XCP

• multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenation deficiency
  18 March 2005

  MADD, glutaric aciduria type 2

• cutaneous mastocytosis
  17 June 2004

  cutaneous mastocytoma

• childhood asymmetric labium majus enlargement
  14 September 2005

  Childhood asymmetric labium majus enlargement (CALME) couldrepresent 22% of all pediatric vulvar soft tissue masses and 3% of all vulvar lesions biopsied. It is a distinctive clinicopathologic entity of pre- and early puberty.
  Synopsis
  Age range: 3.9 to 13.2 years
  enlargement of 1 or occasionally both labia majora
  expansion of the labium majus without definable borders
  fibro-fatty tissue from 2 to 8 cm in greatest dimension
  usual constituents of vulvar soft tissue, with expansion (...)

• multiforme erythema
  21 February 2005

  WKP PO
  Definition : Erythema multiforme (EM) is a skin condition of unknown cause; it is a type of erythema possibly mediated by deposition of immune complexes (mostly IgM-bound complexes) in the superficial microvasculature of the skin and oral mucous membrane that usually follows an infection or drug exposure. It is an uncommon disorder, with peak incidence in the second and third decades of life. The disorder has various forms or presentations, which its name reflects (multiforme, (...)

• psoriasis
  14 November 2003

  cutaneous psoriasis
  Images
  neutrophils in stratum corneum in psoriasis, vs. pustule of Kogoj in stratum spinosum
  https://twitter.com/DermpathMGH/status/755802030610976768
  Synopsis
  The biopsy shows psoriasis, based on these findings: 1) parakeratosis with 2) an absent granular layer, 3) acanthosis (hyperplasia / overgrowth of the epidermis) most prominent at the rete ridges, 4) dermal chronic inflammation and prominent capillaries.
  Another common finding is 5) neutrophils in the (...)

• granuloma annulare
  15 June 2004

  Annular granuloma PO
  Definition: Granuloma annulare (GA) is a benign inflammatory, self-limiting granulomatous dermatoses that is seen in both adults and children . Females are more commonly affected than males. The lesions may involve skin and/or subcutaneous tissue. The etiology of GA is unknown.
  Granuloma annulare is a dermatosis, usually self-limited, of unknown etiology and characterized by necrobiotic (collagenolytic) dermal papules that often assume an annular configuration. (...)

• vitiligo
  6 January 2004

  Susceptibility loci
  chromosome 7 (AIS2)
  chromosome 8 (AIS3)
  SLEV1 on chromosome 17

• generalized eruptive histiocytosis
  16 December 2003

  Definition : Generalized eruptive histiocytosis belongs to the cutaneous non-Langerhans cell histiocytoses and is a rare monocyte-macrophage proliferative disorder that usually follows a benign clinical course. It can be considered as a systemic multifocal juvenile xanthogranuloma.
  Synopsis
  erythematous macules and slightly elevated papules widely distributed over the trunk, neck, face, and thighs
  diffuse histiocytic infiltrate in the skin
  Ultrastructurally
  no Birbeck granules (...)

• cutaneous Rosai-Dorfman disease
  16 December 2003

  Rosai-Dorfman disease (RDD), previously known as sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy, is a benign, idiopathic histiocytic proliferative disorder.
  Rosai-Dorfman Disease (RDD) is an idiopathic reactive proliferation of distinctive histiocytes that have abundant cytoplasm and commonly exhibit intracytoplasmic ingestion of inflammatory cells (emperipolesis).
  The histiocytes are immunopositive for S100 protein and are typically associated with an infiltrate of lymphocytes, plasma (...)

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