Herein, we report the case of a 12-year-old female who noted the recent onset of an oval, circumscribed, 10-cm papillomatous plaque affecting the thigh and vulva that showed histologic signs of lymphedema without evidence of secondary lymphedema. The sequencing of genes associated with a delayed onset of lymphedema or epidermal nevi (EN) - GATA2 and GJC2, and HRAS and KRAS, respectively - showe...

Le molluscum pendulum, ou acrochordon, ou polype fibroépithélial est une formation tumorale cutanée bénigne qui prend la forme d'une excroissance pédiculée. Ces lésions sont généralement petites, molles, rosées ou hyperpigmentées. Ce sont des polypes qui mesurent moins de 1 mm à plus de 1 cm (rarement). Elles se localisent aux grands plis, mais également parfois aux paupières. Leur nombre augme...

Rhabdomyomatous mesenchymal hamartoma (RMH) is a benign, rare entity with approximately 70 cases reported since the 1980’s [1]. This was first described in 1986 as a striated muscle hamartoma [1]. It has also been reported as congenital midline hamartoma and hamartoma of cutaneous adnexa and mesenchyme [1]. RMH most often presents as a solitary lesion on the head or neck of an infant [2]. The l...

INTRODUCTION Lack of diagnostic skill in cutaneous surgery may lead to erroneous and potentially detrimental therapies. This study compares the diagnosis and treatment in cutaneous surgery, including cryotherapy, between a dermatologist and family physicians. METHODS It is an observational, prospective study on a random sample of patients that consulted the dermatologist for candidate lesions...

To evaluate the impact of only free dermatology clinic in Richmond, VA, a retrospective analysis was conducted patients seen at Crossover Health Ministry from December 2020 to 2021. Data extracted eClinicalWorks and de-identified patient data collected. 50 uninsured immigrant were over 62 visits by dermatologists with study range 13 83 years age (mean = 40.5 years, median 39 years), 30% pediatr...

Cutaneous skin tags are common skin growths, usually harmless, which protrude from the skin and may have a short, narrow stalk. Typically, they are the same color as the skin or a little darkerand appear mostly in the axilla, groin, and cervical area. In this report, we present a 30-year-old female with pedunculated and <spa...

Skin tags, or acrochordon, are one of the most common skin tumors, which are small, soft, skin-colored to drak brown, sessile and pedunculated papilloma (Choudhary, 2008). Most skin tags vary in size from 2 to 5 mm in diameter, and a few unusual giant variants can also be found in the literature (Choudhary, 2008; IIango et al., 2009; Eris Eken et al., 2014). In this study, we describe a rare ca...