Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection is widely spread and is a major cause of bronchiolitis in infants and high-risk adults, often leading to hospitalization. RSV infection leads to obstruction and inflammation of the airways and induction of innate and acquired immune responses. Because dendritic cells (DCs) are essential in the elicitation of these immune responses, we investigated the...

Plasmacytoid melanoma is an unusual variant of malignant melanoma. The plasmacytoid morphology can be found in a variety of other malignancies including carcinomas, plasma cell neoplasms, lymphoproliferative disorders, and sarcomas. The authors report a rare case of plasmacytoid amelanotic malignant melanoma in a 78-year-old man presenting with an enlarging palpable, erythematous mass on his le...

BACKGROUND Myoepitheliomas are rare tumours that may generally arise from the minor or major salivary glands. The differential diagnosis of this tumour should be performed along with several benign and malignant soft tissue neoplasms. The present case report describes an asymptomatic mass that arose in the soft palate of 42 year old black woman with duration of the six months. METHODS An inci...

Plasmacytoid variant of melanoma is reported in only rare cases. We present the case of a 54-years-old man admitted for enlarged lymph nodes in the lumbar region. Initial diagnosis of plasmablastic lymphoma/plasma cell myeloma was considered. At our institute, a bladder polyp was removed. Microscopic exam demonstrated dense plasmacytoid cells infiltration with pigment deposits. Immunohistochemi...

A. Extradural myxopapillary ependymoma B. Chordoma C. Myoepithelioma of soft tissue D. Extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma. CytoJournal Co‐editors‐in‐chief: Lester J. Layfield, MD, (University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA) Vinod B. Shidham, MD, FIAC, FRCPath (WSU School of Medicine, Detroit, USA) Executive editor: Vinod B. Shidham, MD, FIAC, FRCPath Wayne State University School of Medicine, ...