Antonio Martín-Herrera

Coincidental presentation of vitiligo and psoriasis in a patient with polyglandular autoimmune syndrome

T.Yanagi, N. Kato, N. Yamane, R. Osawa, K. Isu* and W. Ichimura† Departments of Dermatology, *Orthopaedic Surgery and Department of †Radiology, National Hospital Organization Hokkaido Cancer Center, Sapporo, Japan. Dr Teruki Yanagi, MD, Department of Dermatology, National Hospital Organization Hokkaido Cancer Center, Kikusui 4-2, Shiroishi-ku, 0030804, Sapporo, Japan. E-mail: yanagi@med.hokudai.ac.jp Conflict of interest: none declared. Accepted for publication 29 January 2007

Multiple granular cell tumour in a teenager

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Localized lichen myxoedematosus (papular mucinosis) associated with morbid obesity: report of two cases

Cutaneous diseases are often found in obese patients but, to our knowledge, mucinous disorders have not been previously reported in association with obesity. Two cases of localized lichen myxoedematosus (papular mucinosis) in two women with morbid obesity are described. Both patients underwent a low‐calorie diet for a 1‐year period in one case, and for 4 months in the other one, as the only treatment. There was complete resolution of cutaneous lesions at the same time that an important weight loss was observed. Nevertheless, although spontaneous regression is not frequent, it could not be disregarded in either of these two cases.

Metastatic gastric cancer presenting as a solitary axillary cutaneous nodule.

An 84‐year‐old man, with a medical history of dilated cardiomyopathy, was admitted to our hospital with a nodular lesion in his right axilla of 6 weeks’ duration. There was no history of weight loss, nausea, or vomiting. Physical examination revealed a red–violet axillary nodule, 7 cm in diameter and 3 cm thick, with an ulcerated surface ( Fig. 1 ). A palpable right adenopathy was also found. The rest of the physical examination was normal.

An Unusual Case of Congenital Linear Eccrine Spiradenoma

Abstract:  Eccrine spiradenoma (ES) is a benign uncommon tumor of skin adnexa with a characteristic clinical and histopathological presentation. Typically, it presents as a painful, slow growing and solitary nodule on the head or upper trunk in adult patients. We report a child with linear ES which presented with asymptomatic papulonodular lesions in a blaschkoid distribution on the face. Cases reported in the literature of multiple spiradenomas are very rare and multiple linear lesions are even rarer. To date, 21 cases of linear/multiple ES have been reported. Of these, eight were in children or adolescents. We report an additional case of this rare clinical presentation and review the literature.

Simultaneous occurrence of neurofibromatosis type 5 and clustered incomplete tuberous sclerosis

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