AIMS The presence of granulomas within the stroma of carcinomas and in the lymph nodes draining carcinomas has been well described. To date, however, there have been few studies examining the occurrence and relevance of necrobiotic granulomas occurring in association with breast carcinoma. METHODS/RESULTS Four cases of breast carcinoma with necrobiotic granulomas were examined using periodic ...

BACKGROUND Diagnosing cutaneous sarcoidosis and necrobiotic granulomas is challenging. OBJECTIVE Assessing the value of dermoscopy in differentiating cutaneous sarcoidosis from necrobiotic granulomas and evaluating whether their dermoscopic features will be altered after treatment. METHODS Nineteen cutaneous sarcoidosis and 11 necrobiotic granuloma patients (2 necrobiosis lipoidica, 4 granu...

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Pulmonary necrobiotic nodules represent a rare extra-intestinal manifestation of Crohn's disease. Histologically, they are composed of sterile aggregates of inflammatory cells with necrosis. The differential diagnosis is broad, and exclusion of infectious etiologies is mandatory before starting immunosuppressive therapy. Here, we present the fifth reported case of pulmonary necrobiotic nodules ...

Lyme Borreliosis, or Lyme's disease, manifests itself in numerous skin conditions. Therapeutic intervention should be initiated as soon as a clinical diagnosis of erythema migrans is made. The histopathology of some of the skin conditions associated with Lyme Borreliosis is characterised by structural changes to collagen, and sometimes also elastic fibres. These conditions include morphea, lich...

Juvenile xanthogranuloma is a benign histiocytic tumor predominantly occurring in children as yellowish papules on the head and trunk. Presentations on the volar surfaces are rare and may cause diagnostic confusion with pyogenic granuloma, eccrine poroma and digital fibrokeratoma. We report two patients with unusual presentations of solitary juvenile xanthogranuloma on the palm or sole. Both ha...

The present case report describes a juvenile xanthogranuloma in a five-month-old girl. A circumscribed papule was located below the right nasal ala and above the right vermilion border. The lesion was histologically diagnosed as a juvenile xanthogranuloma after surgical resection of the mass. Juvenile xanthogranuloma is an uncommon diagnosis, with the head, neck and trunk being the most common ...

Abstract We present the case of an 84-year-old woman referred with a 6-month history lesion on her occipital scalp. Examination revealed creamy-white, nonscaly nodule measuring 15 × mm surface telangiectasia. Her past medical included basal cell carcinoma, stage 3 kidney disease, cardiovascular disease and osteoporosis. A diagnosis necrobiotic xanthogranuloma (NXG) was confirmed incisional biop...

Juvenile xanthogranuloma is a rare histiocytic disorder of childhood mainly affecting skin and rarely deep soft tissues and viscera. We report a 2-month-old infant who presented with respiratory distress secondary to a large pericardial effusion associated with an epicardial mass. Excisional biopsy was performed and the mass was diagnosed as juvenile xanthogranuloma. The child is well without e...