A 49-year-old, Caucasian man was referred to our department with a 2-week history of erythema, multiple pustules and crusted erosions limited to the scalp (Figure 1). The lesions had gradually spread and converged, but remained confined to the site of previous androgenic balding of the scalp. According to the referral notes, the patient was treated for 8 days with oral limecycline (300mg), topi...

BACKGROUND A 33 year-old pancreatic transplant recipient developed weakness, retinal blindness, and necrotic plaques on her face, scalp, and hands. METHODS A muscle biopsy was analyzed by light and electron microscopy and high-throughput nucleic acid sequencing. RESULTS The biopsy revealed microthrombosis and viral particles in swollen endothelial cell nuclei. High-throughput sequencing of ...

A healthy 47-year-old white woman presented with 4 vascular-appearing plaques on the left upper part of the forehead (Figure 1A), which had been present for approximately 9 years. On physical examination, there was a 1.031.2-cm pink plaque with 3 similar-appearing papules above it measuring 0.4 to 0.8 cm. One lesion extended into the hairline. Two 3-mm punch biopsy specimens were obtained, whic...

BACKGROUND Sentinel lymph node biopsy remains controversial for cutaneous melanoma of the head and neck (CMHN). Incidence and factors associated with recurrence after negative sentinel lymph node biopsy have not been well delineated. METHODS Characteristics of 204 patients with head and neck melanoma who had a negative sentinel lymph node biopsy were studied. Main outcomes were overall surviv...

Tubular apocrine adenoma, the variant of papillary tubulopapillary hidradenoma, is a rare well-circumscribed, intradermal benign tumor, with tubular structures showing differentiation. It usually presents as slow-growing well-circumscribed nodule. The most common site involvement scalp, although it has also been reported to occur at other sites like face, neck, axilla, trunk, upper and lower ex...

Background: The scalp is a common site for the development of tumours. Most of these tumours are benign; among the malignant ones, squamous cell carcinoma (SCC)) and basal cell carcinoma (BCC) predominate. In Ghana patients with scalp tumours do not report to hospital unless they are symptomatic. Data on the condition is therefore scanty. Patients and Methods: The objective of the study was to ...

In this report, we describe a case of healthy 67-year-old female with rapidly growing red nodules on the scalp that demonstrated histological features benign epithelioid hemangioma multiple instances yet behaved clinically as malignant angiosarcoma. Despite rounds resection, radiation, and chemotherapy, patient ultimately succumbed from her widely metastatic disease. Diagnosis vascular neoplasm...

Adenosquamous carcinoma is an aggressive and rare variant of squamous cell that has both glandular differentiation. We present a case occipital scalp adenosquamous in 43-year-old male who presented with mass was initially marble size, which progressively enlarges over years. There were no constitutional symptoms. No neurological deficit locoregional lymph nodes not palpable. Contrast enhanced c...

Microcystic adnexal carcinoma is an uncommon type of cutaneous neoplasm known by its slow growth but local aggressivity and no potential systemic metastasis. The standard diagnostic approach histopathological study a deep incisional or excisional biopsy. literature has detailed variety treatment modalities, including the Mohs micrographic surgery, excision, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, obse...