Eccrine angiokeratomatous hamartoma is a newly recognised vascular lesion of the skin, with the first case being reported only in 2006. It has a distinctive histology with features derived from two well established vascular lesions affecting the skin: solitary angiokeratoma and eccrine angiomatous hamartoma. A 26 year old woman presented with a long standing painless warty lesion on her right a...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Fabry disease is a treatable cause of chronic kidney disease (CKD) characterized by a genetic deficiency of α-galactosidase A. European Renal Best Practice (ERBP) recommends screening for Fabry disease in CKD patients. However, this is based on expert opinion and there are no reports of the prevalence of Fabry disease in stage 1-5 CKD. Hence, we investigated the prevalence of Fa...

To the Editor: We read with interest the article titled “A Histopathologic and Imaging Study of Verrucous Hemangioma” by Dr. Garrido-Ríos et al1 published in the November 2008 issue of Actas Dermosif iliográficas.1 It is difficult to establish retrospective diagnoses without clinical (and not just histologic) images of the primary lesion. The appearance and change in these images would provide ...