Pili Annulati with Severe Trichorrhexis Nodosa: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Pili Annulati and Trichorrhexis Nodosa in the Same Patient: Cause or Coincidence?

PURPOSE To determine the relationship between pili annulati (PA) and acquired trichorrhexis nodosa (TN) seen in the same patient, considering the two main theories evoked by previous studies: greater stiffness of darker PA bands or associated cuticular damage. PROCEDURES Light microscopy of hair shafts from different regions of the patient's scalp. RESULTS TN was not superimposed to dark ba...

Trichoscopy of an Isolated Trichorrhexis Nodosa: A Case Report

© 2017 Indian Dermatology Online Journal | Published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow Trichorrhexis nodosa (TN) is a well‐known entity which affects hair shafts. Clinically, it presents as minute nodular concretions along the hair shaft. This is caused by the loss of cuticle and cortical fibers. On light microscopy, tiny nodules appear as “thrust paint brushes” as if two brushes are thrust into each o...

Severe Overdose of Calcium Channel Blocker and Successful Management: A Literature Review and Case Report

MALAKOPLAKIA OF THE COLON: A CASE REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW

Malakoplakia is a rare disease with undefined etiology that has been almost exclusively reported in urology and pathology journals. We are presenting a case of colonic malakoplakia in an I8-year old young man who was referred to us with a four-year history of intermittent rectorrhagia. The pathological examination of the endoscopically resected specimen revealed pathognomonic features of ma...

MALIGNANT HISTIOCYTOSIS: A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Malignant histiocytosis (MH) is a rare hematologic malignancy, especially in the first decade of life. The disease is clinically characterized by fever, hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, pancytopenia and jaundice, and histologically by systemic proliferation of malignant histiocytes and hemophagocytosis. The prognosis is poor and often the diagnosis is not made before death. Because of ...