Successful treatment of cutaneous B-cell pseudolymphoma with photodynamic therapy

Successful treatment of cutaneous sarcoidosis using topical photodynamic therapy.

A 67-year-old woman had a 17-year history of increasing numbers of asymptomatic but disfiguring red-brown, flat papules on the extremities. She was otherwise well and had no pulmonary or systemic symptoms. Seven years ago, the patient was referred to our department, and the diagnosis of cutaneous sarcoidosis (small nodular type) was repeatedly confirmed by skin biopsy results. The physical exam...

Cutaneous B-Cell Pseudolymphoma: Report of Two Cases

erogeneous group of benign reactive T or B cell lymphoproliferative disease of the skin. Cutaneous B cell pseudolymphoma (CBPL) shares many histopathologic and clinical features with cutaneous B cell lymphoma. Therefore, it is often impossible for the dermatologists to make a conclusive diagnosis of CBPL. Recently, Immunoglobulin gene rearrangement using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or south...

Imiquimod 5%: a successful treatment for pseudolymphoma.

Diffuse cutaneous pseudolymphoma due to therapy with medicinal leeches.

Report of aCase |Awomanonher50spresentedwitha6-month historyofmultiple, firm, reddish, pruritic andexcoriatedpapulesandnodulesextensivelydistributedontheback (Figure 1). The patient was otherwise healthy, with a medical history of only fibromyalgia, andbothclinical examinationandbloodtest findings were unremarkable. Histologic examination of 2 punch biopsy specimens taken from the nodules on th...

[B-cell pseudolymphoma caused by aluminium hydroxide following hyposensitization therapy].

Aluminium hydroxide is used as an adjuvant in vaccines. We describe the case of a patient who presented a persistent adverse local reaction to aluminium hydroxide due to hyposensitization therapy to dust mites. Multiple painful and pruriginous subcutaneous nodules were observed in both arms, along with hypertrichosis at the injection site. Histology revealed a pseudolymphomatous B cell reaction...