Scleroderma Mimickers

Lupus Mimickers

Mimickers of Carcinoma

Each year in the United States approximately 1,000,000 cases of non-melanoma skin cancer are diagnosed. Of these cases roughly 80% are basal cell carcinomas and 20% are squamous cell carcinomas. 1 A small percentage of these carcinomas are rare malignancies of adnexal origin and cutaneous metastases. In the typical practice of dermatopathology carcinomas are commonly seen and expected. However,...

Toxoplasmosis and Lymphoma: The Mimickers

248 Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology | Volume 38 | Issue 2 | April-June 2017 oil instead of standard MCT. In the next month, his ketone level was equal to 4.8 mg/dl and the patient developed calf muscle pain and cramp in his legs. Additional magnesium at dosage 350 mg/day was prescribed for correcting this problem and the patient returned to normal. With these nutritional modif...

Scleroderma with Nodular Scleroderma

BACKGROUND Nodular scleroderma is a rare variant of scleroderma which can occur in connection with systemic sclerosis or morphea. A biopsy from the lesion can demonstrate the scleroderma pattern, i.e., keloid pattern or mixed type. Treatment is challenging, and several treatments modalities have been reported with unsatisfactory results. MAIN OBSERVATIONS We present a case of systemic scleros...

Extra-articular Mimickers of Lateral Meniscal Tears

CONTEXT Lateral meniscus tears are a common entity seen in sports medicine. Although lateral-side knee pain is often the result of a meniscus injury, several extra-articular pathologies share signs and symptoms with a meniscus tear. It is critical for the clinician to be able to identify and understand extra-articular pathologies that can present similar to a lateral meniscus tear. EVIDENCE A...